High Value Datasets (HVDs) are datasets with significant economic, ecological and/or social potential. The aim of the project, commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) was to identify suitable datasets together with Fraunhofer Fokus and the Cologne Institute for Economic Research and to involve interested parties in the discussion on the use of HVDs, in order to prepare for negotiations between EU member states and the EU Commission on the designation of these datasets. The outcome of this process is a comprehensive study.
With the amended EU Directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information (PSI Directive), the European Union is introducing the concept of HVDs. Due to their particular social, economic and innovation-related potential, these datasets are to be made available in an open, machine-readable format and, where possible, via standardised interfaces.
Against this background, this study was conducted on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE). The aim was to identify potentially high-quality datasets in Germany and to assess the legal, technical and economic requirements that would be associated with HVD classification.
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September 2020
