
Oireachtas Open Data Update 2017
Explore the comprehensive update on open data initiatives by the Houses of the Oireachtas, including background, web strategy, licensing, data publishing, services, and roadmap for the future, aiming to enhance accessibility and transparency through open data practices.
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Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data Update 22 October 2017
Open Data Update - Overview Houses of the Oireachtas Background and context Open data APIs Future Roadmap 2
Web Strategy 2015-17 Houses of the Oireachtas Deliver a website that is accessible to all users Publish data openly by default Encourage reuse and innovation of our data by other stakeholders, whether State sector or civil society 3
Open Data Licences and Schemas Houses of the Oireachtas Houses of the Oireachtas PSI (Open Data) Licence, incorporating Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence Akoma Ntoso XML schema for legislative data, including Debates and Bills Houses of the Oireachtas OWL Ontology and derived web schema 4
Data Publishing Houses of the Oireachtas Automated extract, transform and load of debates, parliamentary questions, Bills, questions, Members information, divisions (votes) and committee schedules Real time availability of published data via RESTful API Publication of debates as Akoma Ntoso XML Publication of all historic divisions, bills and parliamentary questions 5
Open Data Services Houses of the Oireachtas www.oireachtas.ie The Houses of the Oireachtas Website and first port of call for published information data.oireachtas.ie Our main open data endpoint, serving XML and/or pdf versions of all documents, including debates, legislation and corporate publications. api.oireachtas.ie Our RESTful API for metadata queries, returning json content conforming to the Houses of the Oireachtas schema. 6
Open Data Roadmap Houses of the Oireachtas Mid October 2017 - Launch of api.oireachtas.ie 25 November 2017 - Switchover to new website Early 2017 - Evaluation of options for publishing linked data 2018 - Publication of Bills, order papers and motions as Akoma Ntoso XML 2018-19 - Integration with CSO, OSi and DPER (Votes) open datasets 2018-19 Publication of linked open data 2019 - Semantic enrichment of Bills to enable legislative consolidation and entity extraction 2019 - Integration of video and other multimedia content 7