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Open Cultural Data (NO0057)

Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: Norway Action Plan 2019-2021

Action Plan Cycle: 2019

Status: Active

Institutions

Lead Institution: Ministry of Culture

Support Institution(s): National Archival Services of Norway, National Library of Norway and Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs

Policy Areas

Access to Information, E-Government, Open Data

IRM Review

IRM Report: Norway Design Report 2019-2021

Starred: Pending IRM Review

Early Results: Pending IRM Review

Design i

Verifiable: Yes

Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information

Potential Impact:

Implementation i

Completion: Pending IRM Review

Description

Implementing a strategy for open cultural data
1 March 2018 to 31 December 2019
Responsible body Ministry of Culture
Description
What problem for the general public
is the commitment aimed to solve?
Open cultural data will be able to contribute to
better services, richer experiences and greater
efficiency and value creation. The prerequisite here
is that the data exists, is readily available to both
humans and machines, and that it can easily be
reused and compiled with other data in new contexts. The most important contribution of cultural
institutions would be to contribute more data and
better data, i.e. more consistent and standardised
data, and to make the data openly available. In the
cultural area, intellectual property rights limit making
data with more recent cultural content publicly
available, such as digital photos, digital books, etc.
Privacy protection considerations also set limits for
making data publicly available, and this is particularly
relevant in the archival area.
What is the commitment? The cultural sector should have a culture of transparency and openness, in which data is generally
actively made publicly available. Priority data sets in
the cultural sector shall be identified, documented
and made available as open data. Standards and
authority registers shall be identified and implemented.
How will the commitment contribute
to solving the problem?
Prioritised cultural data will be made available for
use – both for developing services, providing richer
experiences and increasing efficiency and value
creation.
How is this commitment relevant to
the OGP’s fundamental values?
The value of open data and access to information.
Additional information
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Milestones Start date End date
Relevant standards have been
surveyed and identified
1 March 2018 31 December 2019
Recommendations for making cultural
data publicly available have been formulated and published.
1 March 2018 31 December 2019
Relevant authority registers have
been surveyed and identified.
1 March 2018 31 December 2019
Contact information
Person responsible from the
implementing body
Inger Lise Kurseth
Entity Ministry of Culture
E-mail/Telephone Inger-Lise.Kurseth@kud.dep.no / +47 22 24 78 31
Other public participants National Archival Services of Norway, National
Library of Norway and Norwegian Council for
Cultural Affairs
Collaborative civil society
organisations, cross-sectoral
working groups, etc.

IRM Midterm Status Summary

4. Implementing a strategy for open cultural data

Main Objective

"Open cultural data will be able to contribute to better services, richer experiences and greater efficiency and value creation. The prerequisite here is that the data exists, is readily available to both humans and machines, and that it can easily be reused and compiled with other data in new contexts. The most important contribution of cultural institutions would be to contribute more data and better data, i.e. more consistent and adastered data, and to make the data openly available. In the cultural area, intellectual property rights limit making data with more recent cultural content publicly available, such as digital photos, digital books, etc. Privacy protection considerations also set limits for making data publicly available, and this is particularly relevant in the archival area.

The cultural sector should have a culture of transparency and openness, in which data is generally actively made publicly available. Priority data sets in the cultural sector shall be identified, documented and made available as open data. Standards and authority registers shall be identified and implemented.

Prioritised cultural data will be made available for use – both for developing services, providing richer experiences and increasing efficiency and value creation."

Milestones

  • Relevant standards have been surveyed and identified (1 March 2018 – 31 December 2019)
  • Recommendations for making cultural data publicly available have been formulated and published (1 March 2018 – 31 December 2019)
  • Relevant authority registers have been surveyed and identified (1 March 2018- 31 December 2019)

Editorial Note: For the complete text of this commitment, please see Norway's action plan at https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/norges-handlingsplan-4---open-government-partnership-ogp/id2638814/

IRM Design Report Assessment

Verifiable:

Yes

Relevant:

Access to Information

Potential impact:

Minor

Commitment Analysis
Under this commitment, the Ministry of Culture aims to coordinate with public authorities in identifying and publishing in open format priority datasets in the culture sector. Currently, a broad range of cultural datasets exists, including databases of photographers, [16] protocols on emigration, [17] a database on Soviet prisoners of war in Norway, [18] and the Norwegian Language Bank. [19] However, not all of this data is currently available in open format and the datasets are scattered among a variety of sources.

In addition to identifying priority datasets in consultation with other public authorities, the commitment also calls for developing recommendations for making cultural data more publicly available, as well as surveying "authority registers". This work will be mainly carried out by the National Archives of Norway, the National Library of Norway, the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, and the Arts Council Norway, which together have formed a cooperative forum. [20]

The identification and publication of priority cultural datasets in open format makes the commitment relevant to the OGP value of access to information. If implemented fully, this commitment could be a first step towards better standardised and more open cultural datasets in Norway. In February 2020, the Arts Council Norway published recommendations on behalf of the working group for making cultural data publicly available. [21] Moving forward, the Ministry of Culture and the working group could consider collaborating with CSOs active in the field of culture, such as the National Trust of Norway, to help identify priority and promote high-value data.

[16] Kultur Nav, https://kulturnav.org/508197af-6e36-4e4f-927c-79f8f63654b2
[17] Protocols on emigration, http://emigrant.arkivverket.no/
[18] Digital Arkivet, https://www.digitalarkivet.no/source/100073.
[19] The Norwegian Language Bank, https://www.nb.no/sprakbanken/en/sprakbanken/
[20] IRM researcher, telephone interview with Inger Lise Kurseth, Ministry of Culture, 26 March 2020.
[21] Recommendations from the Arts Council, 27 February 2020.

Commitments

  1. Archiving Documents

    NO0054, 2019, Capacity Building

  2. Making Energy Statistics Available

    NO0055, 2019, Anti-Corruption

  3. e-Access and Expansion

    NO0056, 2019, Access to Information

  4. Open Cultural Data

    NO0057, 2019, Access to Information

  5. Digital Spatial Planning

    NO0058, 2019, E-Government

  6. Streamline Public Procurement

    NO0059, 2019, Anti-Corruption

  7. Preventing Corruption

    NO0060, 2019, Anti-Corruption

  8. Beneficial Ownership Registry

    NO0061, 2019, Anti-Corruption

  9. User Orientation

    NO0045, 2016, Capacity Building

  10. Electronic Public Records (OEP)

    NO0046, 2016, E-Government

  11. Transparency Regarding Environmental Information

    NO0047, 2016, E-Government

  12. Starred commitment Disclosure of Financial Data

    NO0048, 2016, Access to Information

  13. Transparency Regarding Rainforest Funds

    NO0049, 2016, E-Government

  14. State Employees’ Ownership of Shares

    NO0050, 2016, Anti-Corruption

  15. Promote Freedom of Expression and Independent Media

    NO0051, 2016, Civic Space

  16. Country-By-Country Reporting

    NO0052, 2016, Anti-Corruption

  17. Starred commitment Register for Ultimate Beneficial Ownership

    NO0053, 2016, Anti-Corruption

  18. Public Review and Public Consultation

    NO0020, 2013, Capacity Building

  19. Registering and Preserving Digital Documentation Produced by Public Bodies

    NO0021, 2013, Access to Information

  20. The Norwegian Citizen Survey (Innbyggerundersøkelsen)

    NO0022, 2013, Public Participation

  21. Whistleblowing

    NO0023, 2013, Anti-Corruption

  22. Strengthened Information Exchange for More Efficient Crime Prevention and Combating

    NO0024, 2013, Justice

  23. Strengthening the Transparency of Public Authorities and Administration

    NO0025, 2013, Access to Information

  24. Egovernment with an End-User Focus

    NO0026, 2013, E-Government

  25. Plain Legal Language

    NO0027, 2013, Capacity Building

  26. Norwegian Grants Portal (MFA)

    NO0028, 2013, Aid

  27. An International Convention or Agreement on Financial Transparency

    NO0029, 2013, Private Sector

  28. Reducing Conflicts of Interests – Post-Employment Regulations

    NO0030, 2013, Anti-Corruption

  29. Centre for Integrity in the Defence Sector

    NO0031, 2013, Security & Public Safety

  30. A Better Overview of Committees, Boards and Councils – More Public Access to Information and Better Opportunities for Further Use

    NO0032, 2013, E-Government

  31. Modernizing Public Governance

    NO0033, 2013, Capacity Building

  32. Transparency in the Management of Oil and Gas Revenues

    NO0034, 2013, Anti-Corruption

  33. Transparency in the Management of the Government Pension Fund (GPF)

    NO0035, 2013, E-Government

  34. Transparency and Anti-Corruption Efforts

    NO0036, 2013, Anti-Corruption

  35. The Municipal Sector

    NO0037, 2013, Education

  36. “Simplify” (“Enkelt Og Greit”)

    NO0038, 2013, E-Government

  37. Electronic Public Records (OEP) – (Offentlig Elektronisk Postjournal)

    NO0039, 2013, Access to Information

  38. Re-Use of Public Sector Information (PSI)

    NO0040, 2013, Access to Information

  39. Access to Health Data

    NO0041, 2013, E-Government

  40. Renewal of the Government’S Website (Regjeringen.No – Government.No)

    NO0042, 2013, E-Government

  41. Declaration of Principles for Interaction and Dialogue with NGOs

    NO0043, 2013, Capacity Building

  42. Simplification and Digital Administration of Arrangements for NGOs

    NO0044, 2013, Capacity Building

  43. An Open Public Sector and Inclusive Government

    NO0001, 2011, Anti-Corruption

  44. Measures to Promote Gender Equality and Women’S Full Participation in Civic Life, the Private Sector, the Public Administration and Political Processes.

    NO0002, 2011, Gender

  45. Gender Equality – Participation in the Private Sector

    NO0003, 2011, Gender

  46. Increase Women's Representation in Local Government

    NO0004, 2011, Gender

  47. Gender Equality Program

    NO0005, 2011, Gender

  48. Gender Equality – Inclusion of Immigrant Women

    NO0006, 2011, Gender

  49. Gender Equality – Combat Gender Stereotypes

    NO0007, 2011, Gender

  50. Gender Equality – Youth Initiatives

    NO0008, 2011, Gender

  51. Gender Equality – Combat Domestic Violence

    NO0009, 2011, Gender

  52. Transparency in the Management of Oil and Gas Revenues / Financial Transparency

    NO0010, 2011, Aid

  53. Transparency in the Management of Oil and Gas Revenues / Financial Transparency – Government Global Pension Fund

    NO0011, 2011, Fiscal Openness

  54. Transparency in the Management of Oil and Gas Revenues / Financial Transparency – Combat Tax Evasion

    NO0012, 2011, Fiscal Openness

  55. Transparency in the Management of Oil and Gas Revenues / Financial Transparency – Multi-National Companies

    NO0013, 2011, Fiscal Openness

  56. An Open Public Sector and Inclusive Government – Create Central Communication Policy

    NO0014, 2011, Fiscal Openness

  57. An Open Public Sector and Inclusive Government

    NO0015, 2011, E-Government

  58. An Open Public Sector and Inclusive Government – Public Data Use

    NO0016, 2011, Public Participation

  59. An Open Public Sector and Inclusive Government – National Statistic Publication

    NO0017, 2011, Access to Information

  60. An Open Public Sector and Inclusive Government – National Public Opinion Survey

    NO0018, 2011,

  61. An Open Public Sector and Inclusive Government

    NO0019, 2011, Public Participation

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