Open Government — the right for citizens to access governmental information — has a long tradition in the Netherlands. Recent Dutch legislation requires government agencies to publish their data electronically, so that citizens can subscribe to information of their interest by e-mail. In order to facilitate this, we present a solution where we enrich government publication with knowledge graphs based on RDF/OWL. In this way, we can deal with the considerable variation in the ways that local governmental agencies enrich their data and publications. As a result, we can create a central subscription hub without having to force complex standards on small-size local agencies. We discuss the specific goals we need to obtain, and how we leverage semantic web technology to achieve these goals.
OpenGovernmentSemantic2019.pdf
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As software engineer at Taxonic Guido van der Wolk is responsible for developing semantic-driven applications. After obtaining a PhD in astronomy, Guido worked on IT solutions for several clients in commerce, industry and government. He is specialized in model-driven development, data science and machine learning.
