Toward land information ecosystem with Linked Open Data

Penhleak (Pinkie) Chan | pchan@ewmi-odi.org | opendevmekong.netRegional Network and Partnership Support ManagerOpen Development Initiative

Just facts: opening up public data to illuminate development trends

Problem we’re solving: Citizens and other stakeholders lack information to promote equitable,

sustainable development and good governance

How does ODC platform solve this problem: Maps and infographics inform the public and promote fact-based open

dialogue on development

Successful story / key statistics: 32K unique visitors monthly, 40% return users, citations in media and

by businesses, CSOs, government

ODC target users:Citizens, civil society, investors, researchers, journalists, and policy-

makers

Future plan and how to scale:Increase partnerships, broaden topical coverage and expand “Open

Development” to the Mekong region

Decision-makers tend to work holistically and intuitively. On the other hand, scientists generating knowledge use a reductionist approach – they become very good in very small things. So the process generates islands of knowledge in a sea of ignorance. Decision-makers have to navigate the sea.

Walter Baethgen, Columbia University

Read the manifesto

Mek

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ODI & Land Portal: from local to global

Vietnam

Thailand

Laos

Myanmar

Cambodia

Land Portal

Collaboration with the Land Portal Translate the Land Portal’s LandVoc terms and definitions (267 terms)

Expose data in semantic web and RDF format

Link ODI land related terms to Land Portal’s LandVoc

Link other ODI terms to AgroVoc and other LOD concepts

Develop WPsparql end-point (beta) to query and consume Linked Open Data

300+ land related publications crowdsourced from OD Network are accessible to the Land Portal and others

Land related data, maps, laws and policy documents from OD datahub available to Land Portal and others

Develop and publish data-riched research briefings on land topics at regional and country level

Land Portal’s library resources are integrated and offered as related resources on land pages

Challenges & opportunities

Challenges Open first

Supports for open data uptakes at local and national levels

Quality control Understanding/setting standards

Overlapping content between content aggregating platforms working on the same topics

Coordinate content collection across the ecosystem

Opportunities Extend Linked Open Data

implementation to other topicsReadiness assessment