SmartOpenData, & SDI4Apps Dr. John J O’Flaherty,

1. SmartOpenData, & SDI4Apps Dr. John J O’Flaherty, The National Microelectronics Applications Centre Ltd, john@mac.ie SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

2. SmartOpenData Linked Open Data for environment protection in Smart Regions FP7 ENVIR Grant no. 603824 - [Exploiting the European Open Data Strategy to mobilise the use of environmental data & information] • SmartOpenData is creating a Linked Open Data platform of tools • to make public & voluntary GeoSpatial data resources on rural areas - such as national parks. • available to SMEs in a way that will enable them to create new services & products. • Based on the practical needs & experience of 5 Demonstration Pilots • SmartOpenData aims to help bridge the gap between • GeoSpatial Data - from the SDI/INSPIRE “world” • OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) – standards setting • Linked Open Data (LOD) - from the Semantic Web “world” • W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) – collaborative movement SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

3. SmartOpenData Linked Open Data for environment protection in Smart Regions • Involves 16 partnersfrom 9 countries • PublicBodies, • AcademicResearchers, • Industry • SMEs • Somecommonpartnerswith SDI4Apps • Project started in November 2013 & will run for 2 years. • Seewww.smartopendata.eu 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

4. Public Body Industry Academic SMEs SmartOpenData Consortium Started: November 2013 Duration: 24 Month EU Contribution: €2.4M SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

5. SmareOpenData Demonstration Pilots • Environmental Conservation – Ireland • Focused on biodiversity & habitats data for researchers & decision makers in management & conservation of the Burren & other National Parks. • Water monitoring – Italy • Will explore the role of aggregating information from different Open Data sources to provide up to date monitoring of water quality in Sicily. • Forest sustainability – Czech Republic • Forest site classification, sustainable management & utilisation of forest roads using the National Forest Inventory & Regional Plans for Development datasets. • Environmental data reuse – Slovakia • Willdeploytwotypes of web applications to achievereuse of environmental data & information in line withtheEuropean Open Data Strategy. • Agroforestry Management – Spain & Portugal • Willfocusonbuilding a web basedcollaborativeSpatial Data Infrastructure to promotesustainableagroforestrymanagement, environmentprotection, rural economicdevelopment, watermanagement & drinkingwaterprotection. SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

6. SmartOpenData Irish Pilot Environmental Conservation, Biodiversity • The Irish pilot will access & aggregate sources to impact on biodiversity, by allowing them to seamlessly bridge the gap between the “worlds” of open data & INSPIRE geo-spatial sources forEnvironmental Conservation. • Focusing on European protected areas & its National Parks, • Starting with the Burren National Park in Ireland. • To demonstrate the value of SmartOpenData in helping Researchers & Decision Makers to better manage, preserve, sustain & use this unique ecosystem. • Pilot will explore: • Discovery, seamless use & mashing together of sources to address immediate biodiversity research issues. • Overcoming the barriers (cultural, political, administrative) to opening up the data • Overcoming technical incompatibilities of datasets in terms of technical standards, semantic structuring etc. • Validation of the SmartOpenData platform in the aggregation, analysis & visualisation to support decision making of the various research & other stakeholders requirements, & the value-add/impact on their work SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

7. SmartOpen Data Irish Pilot Burren National Park, Co. Clare, Ireland • 1,500 hectares on the west coast of Ireland • Managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service • An unique area of high conservation value • containing many habitats of international importance • including limestone pavement, calcareous grassland, oligotrophic lakes, turloughs, hazel scrub & ash/hazel woodland. • Involves many Communities & Europe-wide environmental issues SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

8. SmartOpenData Irish Pilot User Scenarios Meetings & Discussions with the stakeholder groups have identified the following four User Scenarios SmartOpenDataenabled European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS) Webservicefor the Burren & European GeoParks Network. SmartOpenDataenabled Farming for Conservation webservice SmartOpenDataenabledApp to Ground-Truth potentialProtected Monument sites SmartOpenData Platform input to the Irish Open Government Partnership (OGP) process SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

9. SmartOpenData Technical Architecture SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

10. SmartOpenData Services • The SmartOpenData platform will be • an integration of previously developed & available open components, • then iteratively improved based on user operational feedback, • to provide the following services: • Discovery • Metadata harvesting & Publishing. • Data services • Distributed open data services • WMC • Registry services • GeoSPARQL tools • RSS/GeoRSS • KML/KMZ • Transformation • Workflow management • Monitoring • External services • Applications • CMS • Social Networks & Media SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014

11. Thank You  SDI4Apps Kickoff Meeting, Sicily, 15-16 Apr 014