A simple metadata schema for Open Data Apps

Having developed quite a number of open data / mobile apps at the University of Aegean and National Technical University of Athens, I was glad to listen to Nikos Loutas ( @nikosloutas ) presentation at the "Uses of Open Data" workshop in Brussels, organised by the CrossOver project.
His proposal for structuring a simple metadata schema for Open Data apps made me reach for my notes on classifying student apps at Uni Aegean.  So, here is a 10-attributes simple schema that could help potential users search and find apps on the web:

•   country: the country or countries covered by the app

•   region: the region/state/prefecture

•   city: the city covered by the app

•   language: the languages supported 

•   sector: the specific sector(s) the app is targeting

•   linkMode: is the app using Static or Dynamic data?

•   runtimeEnv: Web / Mobile

•   mobileOS: iOS / Android / WinM

•   visualisationMeans: Maps / Charts / Graphs 

•   licencing: free / payment  needed

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Transformational Government Through eGov Practice: Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Technological Issues

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Editors:

Mahmud Akhter Shareef, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada
Norm Archer, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada
Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK
Alok Mishra, Atilim University, Turkey
Sanjay K. Pandey, School of Public Affairs & Administration, Rutgers University, USA

The progression of information and communication technology (ICT) eGovernment systems has substantial implications for the future of government as we know it. eGov presents major challenges and advantages for policy makers as fundamentally different nations are adopting ICT in public administration reforms in order to capitalize on the benefits of transformational government or electronic government technology.

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See my "selected" entries from the table of contents:

REFLECTING TEN YEARS OF E-GOVERNMENT – A PLEA FOR A MULTIMETHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH AGENDA
Sebastian Olbrich

Innovative and Trustful Environments for Joint Governance Policy Making
Athanasios Karantjias, Dimitrios Papanikas and Nineta Polemi

TOWARDS NEW WEB 2.0 BASED MULTI-CHANNEL APPROACHES TO
E-PARTICIPATION
Yannis Charalabidis, Euripidis Loukis

ADOPTION CHALLENGES OF INTRODUCING AND IMPLEMENTING SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS)
Marijn Janssen and Anton Joha

Transformational Services: a case study in the Greek public administration
Teta Stamati, Thanos Papadopoulos, and Drakoulis Martakos

ONLINE AND OFFLINE NETWORKS IN PUBLIC SECTORPOLICY: EXPLORING
REQUIREMENTS FOR WEB 2.0
Nick Letch and Jane Klobas

The rise of participative technologies in government
Eric Welch