crc for spatial information
Project 3.05: Public Sector Information Access and Use – Policy, Practice and Technology
Project Leader
Prof B Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology [email protected]
Mr T Barker, Queensland Treasury [email protected]
Research Team
Prof A Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology
Mr T Beale, Queensland University of Technology
Dr J Cook, Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Mr N Hooper, Office of Economic and Statistical Research
Ms Kylie Pappalardo, Queensland University of Technology
Objectives
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To develop and implement an open content licensing model to promote access to and re-use of government information and realise the full potential of under-utilised
government information based on social, economic, cultural and environmental value
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To develop new legal licensing frameworks to enable better access and innovation to be realised
Outcomes
A defined policy, practice, technical and legal framework that will support a distributed network of providers and users of public sector information (PSI) and facilitate
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access to and use of PSI, including mechanisms for managing rights in digital information
A defined business model to support access relationships between spatial information providers and users in industry, government and the public
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A defined regulatory framework to facilitate access to and use of spatial information
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Development and implementation of working demonstrator digital licence management software in Queensland, Western Australian Government and available to other
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Australian jurisdictions, to facilitate real-time access to and use of spatial information
Sub-Project Apollo
Sub-Project Hermes
Review of policies and practices on access to and reuse of
spatial PSI, including legal and practical implications for
online delivery and related services, leading to
recommendations for access and information licensing
policies and practices in Australia.
Examination of economic issues per tinent to
information policy implementation and objectives,
resulting in recommended information pricing policies.
A review of the literature on policy, practice and law
relating to access to and reuse of PSI has been completed
and covers all Australian States and Territories, New
Zealand, the United Kingdom and Europe, the United
States and other relevant jurisdictions.
Sub-Project Demeter
Development and implementation of a working
demonstrator of digital licence management software that
can be applied in Queensland and Western Australian
Government case studies.
Work progressed with ABS on the development of the
digital licence management software. Collaboration with
Creative Commons USA has progressed.
Hermes is near completion. This work includes a review
of socio-economic impacts of open access policies
and proposes factors that distinguish between private
and public sector information production.
Sub-Project Zeus
Investigation of the legislative, regulatory
technological environments impacting on
collection, use and dissemination of information
resulting in recommended legislative, regulatory
technological innovations.
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This research builds on the work from Apollo and
Hermes. The review continues of the regulatory
framework pertaining to the collection, storage and
dissemination of government information.
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane Australia
Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information
www.crcsi.com.au