Data integration Monitoring Wood
The Forestry Division Federal Office for the Environment will make monitoring in the timber industry available on the LINDAS platform as Linked Open Data.
Factsheet
- Schools involved Business School
- Institute(s) Institute for Public Sector Transformation
- Research unit(s) Public Sector Innovation
- Duration (planned) 15.07.2024 - 15.03.2025
- Head of project Prof. Dr. Thomas Gees
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Project staff
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gees
Dr. Benedikt Simon Hitz
Prof. Dr. Jan Thomas Frecè
Tobias Peter Böni - Keywords Data integration, Standardisation, Use of established vocabularies, Shared Dimensions, LINDAS / Visualize
Situation
Data publications pose an organizational and technical challenge. Empowering public administration requires comprehensive advice and support.
Course of action
CSV files are converted into a networked data structure (RDF) through mapping, loaded into the triple store and are then structured, networked and queryable – a basis for data integration, transparency and Open Government.
Result
The monitoring data can be queried using SPARQL and is available in machine-readable form on the (official) LINDAS publication platform; the "Vizualize" tool can create visualizations directly.
Looking ahead
The experience gained in cleaning up/defining the data model can be standardized and transferred to other organizations. The value increases as more data sets are linked. Ensure that international vocabularies are used (e.g. DCAT, I14Y) to guarantee connectivity.
