====== 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 |
Details
National Map http://www.geo.admin.ch/internet/geoportal/en/home/services.html * NB: Ab 16. September wird swisstotpo voraussichtlich diese und andere als OGD deklarierte Datensätze nicht mehr über den toposhop sondern über www.opendata.admin.ch anbieten
- Data exists
- It's unclear if it's openly licensed
- > NO: The map has both licensing and bulk download costs.
- It's publicy available
- It's machine-readable
- It's digital
- It's up-to-date
- It's available in bulk
Government Budget http://www.efv.admin.ch/d/dokumentation/oeff_finanzen/index.php http://www.efv.admin.ch/d/dokumentation/finanzberichterstattung/budget.php
- Data exists
- It's unclear if it's openly licensed
- > NO: only reports, summaries, and extracts are accessible, and nowhere is an open license indicated.
- It's publicy available
- It's unclear if it's machine-readable
- > NO: Excel basis daten are provided for Kennzahlen, but only PDF for budget.
- It's digital
- It's unclear if it's up-to-date
- > YES, the website is updated regularly.
- It's unclear if it's available in bulk
- > NO: only reports, summaries, and extracts are accessible.
Election Results http://www.parlament.ch/E/WAHLEN-ABSTIMMUNGEN/PARLAMENTSWAHLEN/Pages/default.aspx http://www.parlament.ch/E/DOKUMENTATION/WEBSERVICES-OPENDATA/Pages/default.aspx
- Data exists
- It's unclear if it's openly licensed
- > NO: “reproduction of any part of the website requires the prior written consent” and the open web service data may be used only with special conditions
- It's publicy available
- It's unclear if it's machine-readable
- > YES: web services are available
- It's digital
- It's up-to-date
- It's unclear if it's available in bulk
- > YES: web services are available
Company Register http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/companysearch.htm http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/00/05/blank/02.html http://www.zefix.ch/zfx-cgi/hrform.cgi/hraPage?alle_eintr=on&pers_sort=original&pers_num=0&language=1&col_width=366&amt=007
- Data exists
- It's unclear if it's openly licensed
- > YES:
- Can be reused, at no fee.
- If published as Handelsregisterdaten must be reused as is.
- Besides, regulation of data protection act must be respected.
- It's publicy available
- It's unclear if it's machine-readable
- > NO. Premium access does not qualify.
- It's digital
- It's up-to-date
- It's unclear if it's available in bulk
- > YES: premium subscribers can download all data.
Government Spending http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Dialog/statfile.asp?lang=2&prod=18 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
- Data exists
- It's unclear if it's openly licensed
- > YES, similar to BY-NC license.
- It's publicy available
- It's machine-readable
- It's digital
- It's up-to-date
- It's unclear if it's available in bulk
Legislation http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/as/index.html
- Data exists
- It's openly licensed
- > YES: no copyright for Swiss legislation (Art. 5 al. 1 litera a of the Copyright Act)
- It's publicy available
- It's unclear if it's machine-readable
- > NO: a bunch of PDFs (and non-semantic HTML) does not qualify.
- Recent changes made, the repository now works with “classified compliation” as a term, not sure how this relates to the data model behind the interface, something we should ask
- It's digital
- It's up-to-date
- It's unclear if it's available in bulk
- > NO: can't find a download link anywhere
National Statistics http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/infothek/interactiv.html http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/interactiv.html#parsys_96871 or http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/dialog/statfile.asp?lang=1 ??
- Data exists
- It's openly licensed
- YES: Free to be reused, when mentioning the source (http://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19920252/index.html#a20)
- YES: Note, however, that sometimes fees may apply
- It's publicy available
- It's machine-readable
- It's digital
- It's up-to-date
- It's unclear if it's available in bulk
- > YES: most statistics can be downloaded as PC-Axis cubes, which can be converted to another database format with the software available here: http://www.scb.se/Pages/List____346331.aspx
Postcode/ZIP database http://www.cadastre.ch/internet/cadastre/de/home/products/plz/data.html
- Data exists
- It's openly licensed
- > YES: “Die Datensätze stehen jeweils in den beiden Bezugsrahmen LV03 und LV95 auf www.cadastre.ch/plz zur Verfügung. Der Datensatz darf frei verwendet werden. Bei kommerzieller Anwendung verlangen wir eine Quellangabe «Amtliche Vermessung Schweiz / swisstopo». ”
- It's publicy available
- It's machine-readable
- It's digital
- It's unclear if it's up-to-date
- > YES.
- It's available in bulk
Public Transport http://transport.opendata.ch/
- Data exists
- It's unclear if it's openly licensed
- > YES. This data can be used without restrictions.
- It's publicy available
- It's machine-readable
- It's digital
- It's up-to-date
- It's unclear if it's available in bulk
- > NO. Available in Bulk heisst schon, dass man alles auf's mal runterladen kann, und das ist bei so einer API definitiv nicht der Fall.
Environmental pollutants http://www.bafu.admin.ch/umwelt/indikatoren/index.html?lang=de
- Data exists
- It's unclear if it's openly licensed
- > NO.
- It's unclear if it's publicy available
- > NO.
- It's unclear if it's machine-readable
- > YES.
- It's unclear if it's digital
- > YES.
- It's unclear if it's up-to-date
- > NO: many indicators are 5 years old+
- It's unclear if it's available in bulk
- > NO.