A Sustainable Method for Publishing Interoperable Open Data on the Web

Autor: Eveline Vlassenroot, Erik Mannens, Mathias Van Compernolle, Raf Buyle, Stefan Lefever, Julian Andres Rojas Melendez, Peter Mechant, Dwight Van Lancker, Brecht Van de Vyvere, Pieter Colpaert
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: DATA
Data
Volume 6
Issue 8
Data, Vol 6, Iss 93, p 93 (2021)
ISSN: 2306-5729
DOI: 10.3390/data6080093
Popis: Smart cities need (sensor) data for better decision-making. However, while there are vast amounts of data available about and from cities, an intermediary is needed that connects and interprets (sensor) data on a Web-scale. Today, governments in Europe are struggling to publish open data in a sustainable, predictable and cost-effective way. Our research question considers what methods for publishing Linked Open Data time series, in particular air quality data, are suitable in a sustainable and cost-effective way. Furthermore, we demonstrate the cross-domain applicability of our data publishing approach through a different use case on railway infrastructure—Linked Open Data. Based on scenarios co-created with various governmental stakeholders, we researched methods to promote data interoperability, scalability and flexibility. The results show that applying a Linked Data Fragments-based approach on public endpoints for air quality and railway infrastructure data, lowers the cost of publishing and increases availability due to better Web caching strategies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE