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Source and data register

Where Digital Public Infrastructure gets its data: each source with its licence, lineage, resolution, quality checks and known gaps.

01Sequence

The order things happen in.

  1. 01Draftsources cited, labels attached
  2. 02Evidence checkevery value traced
  3. 03Independent reviewconflicts declared
  4. 04Editionpublished with its limits
  5. 05Correctiona new version, never a silent edit
02What is recorded

Each source carries five facts.

01

Origin

Who produces the data and how.

02

Access terms

Licence, restrictions and permitted uses.

03

Quality

Coverage, resolution, update frequency and known errors.

04

Provenance

How the data reached the platform and what was changed.

05

Gaps

What is missing and how the gap is handled.

03Register

Every source the topic dossiers cite, with its terms.

SourceWhat it givesTermsUsed in
BIS CPMI Red Book statistics and fast payments reportsPayment statistics and fast payment system practicePublic, BIS termsDigital payments and services
Central bank payment system reportsVolumes, availability and incidentsPublic records, terms per central bankDigital payments and services
Civil society assessments of identity systemsRights and inclusion analysesPublic, terms per publisherIdentity and authentication
Competition authority cloud market studiesMarket concentration and switching barriersPublic records, licence per authorityPublic cloud and concentration
Data protection authority reportsBreaches and enforcement concerning identity dataPublic records, licence per authorityIdentity and authentication
Digital Public Goods Alliance registryRecognised digital public goods and their usePublic, DPGA termsDigital public value
ENISA reports on public sector cybersecurityThreats and good practicePublic, ENISA termsDigital service resilience
EU Data Act provisions on cloud switchingRules on switching and egress chargesPublic, EU termsPublic cloud and concentration
EU Data Governance Act and Common European Data Spaces documentationRules and design for data spacesPublic, EU termsData spaces and rights
European Data Protection Board and national authority reportsEnforcement and guidancePublic, EU and national termsData spaces and rights
European Interoperability Framework and Interoperable Europe ActPrinciples and legal basis for public sector interoperabilityPublic, EU termsInteroperability and APIs
Eurostat digital economy and society statisticsUse of e-government and digital skillsOpen, Eurostat reuse policyDigital inclusion
Government cloud strategies and procurement frameworksPolicies and contracts for public cloudPublic records, licence per governmentPublic cloud and concentration
Government service performance dashboardsAvailability and usage of digital servicesOpen data where publishedDigital service resilience
Government service performance dataSpeed, cost and satisfactionOpen data where publishedDigital public value
GovStack specificationsBuilding block specifications for digital governmentOpen, licence to checkInteroperability and APIs
International Data Spaces Association and Gaia-X specificationsTechnical frameworks for data spacesPublic, terms to checkData spaces and rights
ITU Facts and FiguresInternet use by country, sex and locationPublic, ITU terms (to check)Digital inclusion
National API cataloguesPublished government APIsOpen, licence per catalogueInteroperability and APIs
National CSIRT and cyber agency reportsIncidents affecting public servicesPublic, terms per agencyDigital service resilience
NIS2 Directive requirements for public administrationResilience obligations for public entities in the EUPublic, EU termsDigital service resilience
NIST Digital Identity Guidelines (SP 800-63)Identity proofing and authentication assurance levelsPublic domain, US governmentIdentity and authentication
OECD Digital Government Index and studiesDigital government practices across countriesPublic, OECD termsInteroperability and APIs
OECD work on data governance and trustPolicy analysis of data sharingPublic, OECD termsData spaces and rights
Ombudsman and audit office reportsComplaints and audits of digital servicesPublic records, licence per officeDigital public value
Provider status historiesRecords of outagesPublic, terms per providerPublic cloud and concentration
Public procurement data portalsSpending by supplierOpen data, licence per portalPublic cloud and concentration
Published post-incident reviews of government digital servicesCauses and recovery of outagesPublic records, terms per publisherDigital service resilience
Regulator and industry fraud reports, such as UK Finance annual fraud reportsPayment fraud volumes and typesPublic, terms per publisherDigital payments and services
Rigorous evaluations of digital transfers and servicesEffects on leakage, speed and welfareLicence per publicationDigital public value
UN E-Government SurveyOnline service provision across countriesPublic, UN terms of useDigital inclusion
UNCTAD Data Protection and Privacy Legislation WorldwideStatus of laws by countryPublic, UNCTAD termsData spaces and rights
UNDP and partners DPI impact studiesEvidence on outcomes of digital public infrastructurePublic, terms per publisherDigital public value
UNICEF birth registration dataBirth registration by countryPublic, UNICEF termsIdentity and authentication
W3C Web Content Accessibility GuidelinesAccessibility criteriaOpen, W3C termsDigital inclusion
Web Accessibility Directive monitoring reportsAccessibility of public sector websites in the EUPublic, EU termsDigital inclusion
World Bank Global Findex DatabaseUse of accounts and digital paymentsOpen, CC BY 4.0Digital payments and services
World Bank ID4D global dataset and diagnosticsIdentification coverage and system assessmentsPublic, World Bank termsIdentity and authentication
World Bank Remittance Prices WorldwideCost of sending remittancesOpen, CC BY 4.0Digital payments and services
X-Road documentation (Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions)Open-source data exchange layer used by several governmentsOpen source, MIT licenceInteroperability and APIs
04Known gaps

Where the DPI data record is thin.

  • Exclusion and error rates by group.
  • Outage and incident data.
  • Vendor dependency data.
  • Grievance outcomes.
05Status

How the register grows.

Sources are added to the register as they are reviewed. A source is listed only once its terms permit the use described.

07Questions

Questions and answers.

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