SEMANCO Report on the Accessible Energy Data

The document summarises the work done and the results achieved in Task 3.1 Providing access to distributed energy data repositories carried out within Work Package 3 Energy data modelling.Task 3.1 has a key role in the project development because it is the connection node between Task 2.1 and Tasks 3.2 and 3.3. The interrelationships between these tasks are as follows: Task 2.1 provided the data of the three case studies (North Harbour, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Manresa) while in Task 3.1 these data were identified, collected and classified. The outputs from Task 3.1 will form the basis for the semantic modeling which will be carried out in Tasks 3.2 and 3.3. Moreover, Task 3.1 forms the basis for the development of T3.4 which is directly linked to WP4 – Semantic Energy Information Framework. In fact, Task 3.1 also analysed the technical features of the different data sources.Consequently, Task 3.1 deals with the following items: a) the methodology to present and classify the characteristics of data used for energy and environmental analyses at different scales, b) the data fields necessary to describe data in a detailed and complete way, c) the information to be provided on the data sources with reference to availability and technical accessibility.Task 3.1 had a further impact on the “Use case” methodology (described in detail in D1.8) through: a) the identification of input data to fulfil the “Activity” goal in the “Use case”, b) the data characterisation which provided both a terminology and definitions by technical standards which will be useful for the subsequent semantic modeling of data, c) the technical analysis of the access mechanisms to data sources.