====== OKFN National Census Worksheet Switzerland ====== === Summary ===
. | Dataset | Data Availability [Does the data exist?] | Data Availability [Is it in digital form?] | Data Availability [Is it machine readable? (E.g. spreadsheet not PDF)] | Data Availability [Available in bulk? (Can you get the whole dataset easily)] | Data Availability [Is it publicly available, free of charge?] | Data Availability [Is it openly licensed? (as per the http://OpenDefinition.org/)] | Data Availability [Is it up to date?] | Location of Data Online | Date it became available | Details and comments |
. | Company Register | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/00/05/blank/02.html | 11/1/2011 | Premium subscribers can download all data from http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/companysearch.htm |
. | Election Results (national) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.parlament.ch/E/DOKUMENTATION/WEBSERVICES-OPENDATA/Pages/default.aspx | 8/6/2011 | Open web service data may be used only with special conditions |
. | Government Budget (National, high level, not detailed) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.efv.admin.ch/d/dokumentation/finanzberichterstattung/budget.php | 2008 | Reports, summaries, and extracts are accessible, but nowhere is an open license indicated. |
. | Government Spending (National, transactional level data) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_18%20-%20%C3%96ffentliche%20Verwaltung%20und%20Finanzen/18.3%20-%20Ausgaben%20der%20%C3%B6ffentlichen%20Haushalte/18.3%20-%20Ausgaben%20der%20%C3%B6ffentlichen%20Haushalte.asp?lang=1&prod=18&secprod=3&openChild=true | 5/11/2012 | License is similar to BY-NC |
. | Legislation (laws and statutes) - National | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/as/index.html | 2010 | We need to do some research on their new data model |
. | National Map (Low resolution: 1:250,000 or better) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | http://www.geo.admin.ch/internet/geoportal/en/home/services.html | 17/08/2010 | From 16/9/2013 this will move to the national OGD portal |
. | National Postcode/ZIP database | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.cadastre.ch/internet/cadastre/de/home/products/plz/data.html | 8/7/2010 | Commercial use requires attribution |
. | National Statistical Data (economic and demographic information) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/infothek/interactiv.html | 13/07/2011 | Bulk data in proprietary, though free, software format |
. | Public Transport Timetables | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | http://transport.opendata.ch/ | 30/03/2012 | Maintained by the Open Data community |