During the first phase, you identified the data that you want to publish as OGD. Before preparing the data technically for publication, you must establish under what conditions the datasets can be used. This chapter contains a simple diagram to help you select the right conditions of use.
Before data can be published on opendata.swiss, you must establish whether their publication as OGD is permitted. In the public administration, this decision normally depends on the legal framework, in other words a law or the associated ordinance. This will allow for publication of the data and set out any restrictions. You can then decide on the terms of use for your data based on this.
As explained in the “Preliminary legal checks” section, there is normally a legal framework setting out the conditions under which a dataset from the public administration can be used. Laws and ordinances are often difficult for users of the data to understand. The large number of laws also means it is far from simple to maintain an overview.
In order for you to import data to the opendata.swiss catalogue, the data must be freely accessible somewhere. Only the metadata and a link to the data are published on opendata.swiss. Responsibility for actual data hosting lies with the data supplier.
