Researchers Factsheet

The Observatory's data is open, documented and reproducible. This factsheet gathers everything researchers, academics, students and analysts need to carry out independent studies.

Open data, transparent methodology

Dataset under CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, open source pipeline, published methodology. Reproducibility is a requirement, not an aspiration.

Research resources

Dataset

MX records and sovereignty classification for all PA domains. CSV and JSON formats.

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Methodology

Full description of the process: from IndicePA to sovereignty classification.

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Source code

Collection and analysis pipeline, site and tools, on GitHub.

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Suggested research questions

Area	Question
Geography	Territorial distribution of dependence on non-EU providers
Body size	Correlation between the size/resources of a body and its choice of provider
Type	Comparison between categories of bodies (Municipalities, ASL, Universities, Ministries)
Policy	Impact of AgID guidelines on technological choices over time
Economics	Estimate of public spending towards foreign vs domestic providers
EU comparison	Replication of the methodology on other Member States

How to cite

Pietrosanti, F. (2025). National Digital Sovereignty Observatory: State of digital sovereignty in the Italian PA. MxMap.it data on IndicePA. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://osservatorio.mxmap.it/

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