Malta’s new open data website is running on open source software, according to Joinup, the EU’s public sector open source news site.
The site, which is run by the Maltese Local Councils Association, uses Centos Linux as the operating system, the MySQL database management system, the Nginx web server and the WordPress content management system.
At present it offers a wide number of tourism datasets open for using and reusing as well as useful and interesting information concerning open data.
The open data portal has been created as a result of the EU’s HOMER project, harmonising open data in the Mediterranean through better access and reuse of public sector information.
Open Data Malta aims to make available and exploitable Public Sector Information (PSI) related to the tourism sector in order to ensure transparency. By simply opening PSI, citizens can be better informed and participate in the decision making process.