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EU Information Market
Find out more about the EU's Information Market within the Information Society and Media Directorate which handles the policy and regulatory issues related to the Information Market.
Europe – SME’s Intellectual Capital
The European Commission has published a report -- RICARDIS: Reporting Intellectual Capital to Augment Research, Development and Innovation in SMEs on the role of intellectual capital reporting in the research field.
EC - eGovernment Barriers and PSI Re-use
Discussing the Report from the project, Breaking Barriers to eGovernment – Overcoming obstacles to improving European public services
Europe - Cadastral Information
For cadastral organisations and users of this information within Europe, it is worth considering recent information presented at the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) meeting in Melbourne, Australia (November 2005)
UK – Metadata Standard
New version of UK e-Government Metadata Standard (e-GMS), version Version 3.1 29 August 2006 is available.
PSI re-use and the EC Application of Community law
EC report (2005) on the application of EC Community law relating to the PSI Directive
EC – PSI Directive Transposition
The European Commission Information Society PSI web portal was updated on the 1st September 2006 to show the current status of notifications of transposition of the EU Re-use of PSI Directive.
UK (PSI and Records Management)
Some news and discussion about the forthcoming merger of the UK Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) that has responsibility for the Re-use of PSI Regulations within the UK with the National Archives. The merger has already commenced and will come into effect on the 1st October 2006.
MEPSIR (Measuring European Public Sector Resources) Report Published
PSI Benchmarking Study ...... The European Commission's MEPSIR Report (Measuring European Public Sector Resources) has been published (June 2006).
EC - Digital Preservation
On the 24th August 2006 the European Commission (EC) announced recommendations to Member States with regard to the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation.