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OKFN National Census Worksheet. Switzerland

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
- Lets clarify this point - I'm pretty sure the map is not open at this time, and has both licensing and bulk download costs. Therefore the answer should be NO.
It's publicy available
It's machine-readable
It's digital
It's up-to-date
It's available in bulk

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 to this because 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.

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

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.

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: 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

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

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

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.