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Public Sector Information

Class at Faculty of Arts |
AISV10267

Syllabus

1. Info on overall content of the lectrue, defining terms, conditions for gaining credits

2. Introduction to PSI, history, international and national context, EU and national legislation

3. Basic typology of PSI, data formats, quality, personal data protection, FOIA request

4. Overview of current commercial market trends in field of PSI derivates, existing obstacles and barriers, best cases of public administration bodies approach

5. Examples, comments, discussion - information products of Czech public sector (1)

6. Examples, comments, discussion - information products of Czech public sector (1)

7. New ways of PSI commercial re-use (ideas, discussion)

8. Invited lecture of the Czech public sector representative - expert on PSI

9. Discussion on results of student field research, summary, credits

Annotation

Thursday 14:10 - 15:45, room 2014

Within the lecture, students will get familiar with the topic of Public Sector Information (PSI) and with possibilities of their economical re-use, with focus at environment of Czech Republic and European Union. Students are going to be involved in the specific field research. Morover, students will get knowledge on PSI esseantials as its strong economical potential in meaning of its commercial, non-profit and academic re-use, they will understand the basic PSI typology and will be informed about fundamental legislation on Czech, EU or selected other states levels. The most important information products of Czech public sector will be presented and actively used and discussed, with a focus at the current situation and future ideas on their potential commercial re-use.