Unlocking the Potential of Public Sector Information with Semantic Web Technology

Alani, H., Dupplaw, D., Sheridan, J., O'Hara, K., Darlington, J., Shadbolt, N. and Tullo, C. (2007) Unlocking the Potential of Public Sector Information with Semantic Web Technology. In: The 6th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), November, Busan, Korea.

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Abstract

Governments often hold very rich data and whilst much of this
information is published and available for re-use by others, it is
often trapped by poor data structures, locked up in legacy data
formats or in fragmented databases. One of the great benefits that
Semantic Web (SW) technology offers is facilitating the large
scale integration and sharing of distributed data sources. At the
heart of information policy in the UK, the Office of Public Sector
Information (OPSI) is the part of the UK government charged with
enabling the greater re-use of public sector information. This
paper describes the actions, findings, and lessons learnt from a
pilot study, involving several parts of government and the public
sector. The aim was to show to government how they can adopt SW
technology for the dissemination, sharing and use of its data.

Creators:	Harith Alani, David Dupplaw, John Sheridan, Kieron O'Hara, John Darlington, Nigel Shadbolt, Carol Tullo
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Research Group:	Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia
Deposited On:	24 Aug 2007 by Alani, Harith
ID Code:	14429
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2009 12:33
Performance Indicator:	EZ~07~05~04
Citations:	ISI: 1, Google Scholar: 6