The projects will help make government information available to the public and stimulate innovative industries, Chu said.
Chu, who also serves as deputy convener of the Board of Science and Technology under the Executive Yuan, made the comments at a BOST meeting on open data promotion strategies.
U.S. officials at the meeting discussed how the U.S. utilizes open data to carry out city marketing, while U.K. representatives explained their country’s fee and authorization mechanism.
Also at the meeting, the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission, the Council for Economic Planning and Development, and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications gave presentations on the current situation, challenges and business opportunities stemming from open data with respect to government, land and transportation information.
Chu said Taiwan has been promoting the development of e-government for a long time already and has established many important databases. Given the information and communications technology sector’s strong position in global markets, the country has competitive opportunities in terms of developing new open data value-added industries, he added.
One example is the national health insurance database, which has been in operation for 13 years and now has data on more than 23 million people, making it the largest Chinese databank of its kind in the world, Chu pointed out.
Regarding establishment of cloud medical services, Chu said that, based on the principle of protecting privacy, the advisory group has commissioned National Taiwan University and National Cheng Kung University to map out an operational model, and has jointly established a cloud medical services system in cooperation with U.S.-based IBM Corp. and Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd.
The first step for cloud culture and creativity will be integration with the National Palace Museum’s database, followed by public availability, BOST said.
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Quelle/Source: Taiwan Today, 19.01.2012
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