Specifications

SEMIC provides open and free-to-reuse data models, which are regularly updated and maintained by open communities. Such data models have been developed progressively in the last decade, through the collaboration with public administrations and in the context of pilots conducted in several Member States. SEMIC specifications constitute a key enabler of semantic interoperability providing the cornerstone elements for cross-border and standardised data sharing. Learn more.

Pilots

SEMIC sets up pilots to showcase the value of new approaches and ecosystems (e.g. Linked Data Event Streams, SOLID and Wikibase/Wikidata), which can be leveraged across public administrations to scale up their interoperability maturity (e.g. catalogue of services, base registries). Pilots usually involve participants from several Member States and sector-specific DGs co-creating solutions with SEMIC's support. Learn more.

Toolkit

SEMIC also provides a set of tools to facilitate for example modelling and publishing data specifications and for the validation of data against such specifications and conducting ETL activities. The source codes can be found on GitHub. These tools have various levels of maturity, from prototypes to SaaS. The tools are made for developers, data model editors and catalogue or base registry owners. Learn more.

Knowledge Hub

As an enabler for public administrations and organisations in Europe to exchange experience, good practices and insights, SEMIC shares its information through multiple channels. This includes trainings, webinars, events, guidelines, studies and reports. Across formats, these aim to facilitate the development and use of data specifications by public administrations as well as to discuss the latest technological trends, present expert views on semantic interoperability topics. Learn more.

SEMIC supported DG GROW in evaluating the needs from Member States in harmonised semantics for tourism data. More than 80 experts from various tourism activities and European countries to shared their views. Learn more.

The European Railway Agency (ERA) implemented an “alert change” use case based on the SEMIC incubated Linked Data Event Stream (LDES) technology. Before, ERA and its customers struggled to synchronise data about the modifications occurring on the European railway infrastructures. Learn more.

Datavindplaats (the place to find data) is the first initiative in Flanders combining public and private datasets and APIs in one place. Thanks to SEMIC specifications, all metadata have been bridged semantically into the consolidated DCAT (2.0) standard. Learn more.