Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: South Korea Third National Action Plan 2016-2018

Action Plan Cycle: 2016

Status:

Institutions

Lead Institution: Ministry of the Interior

Support Institution(s): Central government ministries, local governments, public institutions, etc. general public, civic groups, etc.

Policy Areas

Access to Information, Capacity Building, Fiscal Openness, Open Data, Publication of Budget/Fiscal Information

IRM Review

IRM Report: Republic of Korea End-of-Term Report 2016–2018, Republic of Korea Mid-Term Report 2016-2018

Early Results: Marginal

Design i

Verifiable: Yes

Relevant to OGP Values: Yes

Ambition (see definition): High

Implementation i

Completion:

Description

Developing or revising open data standards and widening their application; Commitment: Start and End Date New / 1 July 2016 ~ 31 December 2017; Lead implementing Ministry, Department, Agency: Ministry of the Interior; Person responsible from implementing agency: Song, hee-ra; Title: Department Public Data Policy Division, Deputy director; Email: lapaella@korea.kr; Phone: +82-2-2100-3453; Other actors involved: Government Ministries, Department/ Agency: Central government ministries, local governments, public institutions, etc.; CSOs private sector, multilaterals, working groups: general public, civic groups, etc. Status quo or problem addressed by the commitment There are many cases where public institutions disclose the same data under different categories and in different forms, causing additional steps to adjust and process the data before use, which is another restriction against facilitated data use. Main Objective To apply common standards to the same types of data generated and disclosed by each local institution in order to achieve provision of nation-wide services as well as facilitate the private sector’s use of the data. Brief Description of Commitment Key data which should be disclosed based on the common standards will be selected and 100 standards developed by 2017 in order to enable the private sector to better use data which is commonly owned by many institutions. In addition, an automation tool will be also developed for self-assessment when registering the standard data in the Open Data Portal; OGP challenge: addressed by the commitment Improving public services and more effectively managing public resources.; Relevance: This commitment is relavant to access to information, but also relavant to civic participation and technology and innovation for openness and accountability.; Ambition: With more data disclosed in standardized form, the private sector will be able to save costs for data processing (integrating or converging) before use, which will further make the data use easier.

IRM End of Term Status Summary

For details on this commitment, see South Korea End-of-Term Report 2016–2018.

Open Data Standards (KR0028)