Event calendar for internet data sources

Several nations in Europe have released formerly closed data sources collected by government agencies and municipalities. These open data initiatives have enabled new and innovative services. The research presented in this paper is funded by the European Union Regional Fund as part of the Satakunta Regional Centre for Economic Development, Traffic and Environment funding program, and by the City of Pori. One of the goals of the research is to study how open data can be utilized technically. This paper presents technologies found useful for the implementation of a service utilizing open data. These technologies are presented in this paper as part of an event calendar service that uses open data sources available in the region of Satakunta, Finland. The overall architecture of the service is described briefly, and the paper focuses on the open source components used to implement the user interface, front-end service, and database. Despite the use of region-specific data sources, the utilized solutions i.e. hybrid databases, search platforms, and HTML5 technologies can be exploited in the design of other services.