ENERGIC-OD workshop zaragoza, 12-14.09.2016

European Network for Redistributing Geospatial Information to User Communities - Open Data

Jedrzej Czarnota, Trilateral Research

Exploitation of the Virtual Hub technology.Contests.

This project is partially funded under the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme by the European Community

ENERGIC-OD ENERGIC-OD WP6 & WP8 workshop, Zaragoza, 12-14.09.2016


First focus: exploitation. VHs of particular interest. Thinking long-term. Coordination and revenue

streams. Second focus: contests. Contests are our way of

engaging users.

Introduction

Part ISummary of the business model.

VHs the core of the business model.

Open data and its use by E-OD.

Associated licensing issues and challenges.

Sustainability – the ability to generate enough revenue.

EC directives and covering of marginal cost of distribution.

BM in a nutshell

INSPIRE

Environmental information

DirectivePSI Directive

Legal space occupied by the VHs.



VH market

Virtual Hubs (VHs)

GI data users (side A of the market)

Private organizations

(SMEs, citizens)

Public organizations (research

institutions, governments)

GI data providers (side B of the

market)

Public organizations (national cadasters,

universities, data repositories)

Private organizations (companies, geoportals)



Use of GI data via VHs Non-profit (open license) Profit (proprietary license)

AccessFree (access any and all the data for verification purposes), ideally under open license.

Free (access the data to see if it’s there, and what kind of data is available).

Reuse Free (i.e., for educational purposes).

Small fee to cover marginal cost of distribution.

SharingFree (this is done by VH organizations for instance) and all stakeholders can share the data.

Not applicable – GI data brokered by VHs can’t be shared under proprietary license (VHs don’t own the data and in practice won’t be able to access proprietary data).

Main uses of GI via VHs



Marginal cost of distribution of GI data by

VH.

Fixed costs (staff,

servers, utilities, updates,

software) and network costs.

Fee payable by GI data user upon reuse with proprietary

license.

Revenue stream

Virtual Hub organization

GI data user

The payment equals marginal cost of distribution (fixed costs of server use,

staff, software maintenance, customer

relationship).

Payment due only when data reused under

proprietary license.

Virtual Hub organization

GI data provider

The payment equals marginal cost of distribution

(overhead costs of server use, staff salaries, software

maintenance and updating).

Payment due when reusing newly enriched or linked data through VH, even if that data was originally provided by the same GI

data provider.

VH use fees



GI data providers' revenues.

Charging GI data users for the reuse

of their data via VHs - as low a fee as

possible.

Linked, contextualized GI

data - but if reused by providers, they

must pay the fee to VH (even if data originally theirs).

Offering data services to GI data users. Important in private providers.

Funding from public sources (and

pressure to offer the data for free/small

fee to all).

Other revenues: unrelated to VHs,

exposure, partnerships.

GI data providers: revenues



Overview of value flows

Part IICoordination of VHs in the future – Discussion.



Ensuring the consistency of VH service once the E-OD disbands.

VHs need to be updated with the same software, so that the work is not duplicated.

Existing informal and working links among partners (knowledge transfers).

Formalization of those links – 3 years down the line? Organization of workshops, email lists…

Coordination of VHs



Coordination of changes and major decisions – who makes them?

Negotiations on behalf of the VHs with data providers.

Resolving legal challenges and problems.

Not letting a VH to ‘lag behind’ (technologically or in the amount of data brokered).

High-level functions



What kind of mechanism can we use for

coordination? Are there any existing

projects/examples?

Will all partners be involved, or just the VH

partners?

How do we obtain funds for coordination? Who

pays for it?

What kind of organizational structure shall we adopt? To what extent do we formalize

it?

Are we going to promote the appearance of new

VHs, in other EU countries or on the local

level? What kind of support will we offer?

Questions for discussion

Part IIIContests and user community building



Opening in December 2016. Contest aimed at SMEs (startups in particular), students,

researchers/professionals… TRI will request volunteers from within the consortium to act

as judges and to provide constructive feedback and some guidance to the winning contestants.

ENERGIC-OD contest



Collaborating with an external partner with expertise in running publicity campaigns.

6,500 GBP (currency conversion and after VAT) for the purpose.

Subcontract to a specialist company. Specializing in creating publicity materials and focused

message. Will help us with creating the web presence for the contest,

get a clear message across.

Contest sub-contract



Attracting as many contest entrants as possible – ALL PARTNERS.

Contest will remain open for three months, until early 2017. Winners will be announced via the Internet (website, social

media…) and newsletter. Awards will be paid out.

Contest outcomes

Part IVContests – actions to be taken.



Coordination among

contests.

Request for reviewers.

Spread the word.

Engage universities

and students.

Include the E-OD forum.

Key actions



ODINE: Open Data Incubator Europe. 6-month incubator for open data entrepreneurs across

Europe (up to 100k EUR). Supporting the next generation of digital businesses and

fast-tracking the development of their products. Access to the network of this project – SMEs/start-ups. Raising awareness of E-OD + contest participation.

Collaboration with ODINE

www.energic-od.eu

Thank you for your attention!

Technology

ENERGIC-OD workshop zaragoza, 12-14.09.2016