a b s t r a c t The motives for constructing Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) are often based on their anticipated ben-efits for society, economy, and environment. According to those widely articulated but rarely proven ben-efits, SDI coordinators have been defining more specific objectives to be achieved by their SDIs. However, there is a limited number of assessment approaches that are able to demonstrate whether SDIs indeed realize the intended goals. In this article we develop, apply and evaluate an assessment view for evalu-ating the extent to which SDIs realize their goals. The assessment view has been developed stepwise using the Multi-view SDI assessment framework as a guideline. The application of the proposed view in the Dutch SDI demonstrates its potential. In addition, the evaluation of the proposed view by the potential users confirms to a certain extent its usability. The results also show that the ease of determin-ing assessment indicators depends on the precision with which the SDI goals are formulated.