Visualisierung OGD
Data is a raw material in our knowledge society. Public authorities also produce, collect and process data to fulfill their legal responsibilities.
Factsheet
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Schools involved
Bern Academy of the Arts
Business School - Institute(s) Institute of Design Research
- Research unit(s) Knowledge Visualization
- Funding organisation BFH
- Duration 01.01.2014 - 31.10.2015
- Head of project Daniel Schoeneck Stauffer
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Project staff
Christoph Stähli Weisbrod
Roman Hosang
Jérôme Brugger
Johann Jakob Fehr
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Riedl
Marianne Fraefel -
Partner
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv
Opendata.ch - Swiss Chapter of Open Knowledge
Weita Service AG
Geschäftsstelle Digitale Verwaltung Schweiz
Situation
Behind the ongoing process of opening up this data, there lie expectations of greater transparency in politics, better participation in politics, an increase of knowledge in society, and a higher degree of efficiency in business and administration. In parallel to this development we can observe a trend towards the visualization of information.
Course of action
It is thus of interest to open up OGD as a field of investigation with regard to its visual potential. From the perspective of communication design, little is known at present about the capabilities of visualizations that arise from OGD. This project will design conditions for successful visualizations and perspectives for innovation in OGD.
