Linked Open Data: Towards a Better Open Government Data Model for Serbia (original) (raw)

Abstract

In order to improve efficiency in the provision of public services, increase transparency and interaction with citizens and society as a whole, but also create new businesses and job opportunities, both local and national governments need to find better strategies for delivering their data to the public in a powerful, machine-readable and future-proof format. We examine the case of Serbia, give an insight into the current state of affairs in the country, and show how both governmental agencies and the citizens of Serbia can benefit from Linked Open Data, a state of the art web-based technology that is promising to reshape the web itself. A working approach to publishing government data as Linked Data is demonstrated on the case of one of the largest data providers in the country, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. By cataloging the results in a local metadata repository, and scheduling periodical “harvesting” at an international level, both transparency and public ser...

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