Re: [euopendata] Classification of open datasets...

Hi,

This topic is very interesting.
In France, for data.gouv.fr (the french open data portal) we currently use Eurovoc to describe our datasets.
Do you know who is using Eurovoc ? What are others classifications that are used ?

Best regards, 

Charles RUELLE
@charlesruelle
CTO of Etalab - French Prime Minister's task force for Open Government and Open Data

Le 1 mars 2013 à 10:32, Peter Krantz <peter@peterkrantz.se> a écrit :

> Hi!
> 
> Many countries are developing national portals with metadata about
> open datasets from the public sector. To make datasets easier to find
> and to lower the threshold for pan-european (or global) re-use it
> would be great if classification of datasets followed a shared
> taxonomy.
> 
> There are many candidates that could be used, e.g. Eurovoc [1], NACE
> [2]. I would be grateful for any pointers if there is work going on to
> harmonize classification of datasets on a global or European level.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter Krantz
> http://www.peterkrantz.com
> @peterkz_swe
> 
> [1]: http://eurovoc.europa.eu/ - availabble as LOD
> [2]: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/index/nace_all.html
> 
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Received on Friday, 1 March 2013 13:32:02 UTC