Creative Commons Licensing for Public Sector Information - Opportunities and Pitfalls

New technologies have irreversibly changed the nature of the traditional way of exercising the right to free access to information. In the current information society, the information available to public authorities is not just a tool for controlling the public administration and increasing its transparency. Information has become an asset that individuals and legal entities also seek to use for business purposes. PSI particularly in form of open data create new opportunities for developing and improving the performance of public administration.In that regard, authors analyze the term open data and its legal framework from the perspective of European Union law, Slovak legal order and Czech legal order. Furthermore, authors focus is on the relation between open data regime, public sector information re-use regime and free access to information regime.New data protection regime represented by General Data Protection Regulation poses several challenges when it comes to processing of public sector information in form of open data. The article highlights the most important challenges of new regime being compliance with purpose specification, selection of legal ground and other important issues.

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Unlocking the Potential of Public Sector Information with Semantic Web Technology

The Semantic Web - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-540-76298-0_51 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 708-721 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Harith Alani ◽

David Dupplaw ◽

John Sheridan ◽

Kieron O’Hara ◽

John Darlington ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Semantic Web ◽

Web Technology ◽

Semantic Web Technology ◽

Public Sector Information

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Datos abiertos y reutilización en el contexto de la Estrategia europea de datos

Tábula ◽

10.51598/tab.880 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 201-213

Author(s):

Julián Valero Torrijos

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Public Sector ◽

Open Data ◽

Regulatory Framework ◽

Open Government ◽

The European Union ◽

Public Sector Information ◽

Significant Process ◽

Datos Abiertos

En los últimos años hemos asistido a un importante proceso de modernización tecnológica en España que ha afectado a las Administraciones Públicas. Más allá de las limitaciones en la regulación, en este proceso se percibe la importancia de los datos en general y de los datos abiertos en particular como uno de los ejes principales para reforzar las exigencias y principios del Gobierno Abierto. En esta ponencia se pretende analizar la evolución del marco normativo aplicable en España y ponerlo en relación con las recientes iniciativas que está impulsando la Unión Europea para promocionar la reutilización de la información del sector público y los datos abiertos. In the last few years we have witnessed a significant process of technological modernisation in Spain that has impacted on Public Administrations. Beyond the limitations in the regulation, in this process the importance of data and open data particularly is perceived as one of the main axes to strengthen the requirements and principles of Open Government. This lecture aims to analyse the evolution of the regulatory framework applicable in Spain and to connect it with the recent initiatives being promoted by the European Union to foster the reuse of public sector information and open data.

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Exploitation of Public Sector Information in Europe

Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-857-4.ch012 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 118-131

Author(s):

Ioannis P. Chochliouros ◽

Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou ◽

Stergios P. Chochliouros

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Electronic Communications ◽

Private Companies ◽

Public Sector Information ◽

European Regulatory ◽

Regulatory Measures ◽

Legal Security ◽

Effective Development ◽

Mutual Communication

The gradual “penetration” of an innovative, digitally-oriented information society, in the scope of the actual convergence among telecommunications, broadcasting and information technology, create primary opportunities for access and exploitation of Public Sector Information (PSI), in the context of a fully competitive and liberalised European electronic communications market. There are now significant challenges on the scene, for improving mutual communication between public sector and private companies, thus creating chances for exploiting new opportunities, to the benefit of the broader European market(s). However, the non-existence of an appropriate legal framework governing the conditions and/or terms for the commercial use of PSI constitutes a serious drawback for any serious attempt towards evolution, and for an effective development of a European e-Communications market. Recent European regulatory-oriented policies have established and supported suitable measures and provisions, to ensure access to PSI for all interested parties and for their “free” circulation among Member States. In the context of the suggested contribution we examine current European harmonization regulatory measures, towards creating transparency and legal security for all market players involved in the wider content market, thus contributing to growth.

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