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The importance of licences in the digital environment: an approach accessible to all
In an increasingly digitised world, the creation, use and distribution of software and data have become essential activities for individuals, businesses and government organisations. However, behind these everyday practices lies a crucial aspect: licensingof both software and data.
Understanding wha…
What is the value of open geographic data?
Geographic data allow us to learn about the world around us. From locating optimal travel routes to monitoring natural ecosystems, from urban planning and development to emergency management, geographic data has great potential to drive development and efficiency in multiple economic and social area…
Invisibilisation and algorithmic discrimination
Digital technology and algorithms have revolutionised the way we live, work and communicate. While promising efficiency, accuracy and convenience, these technologies can exacerbate prejudice and social inequalities exacerbate prejudice and social inequalities and create new forms of exclusion and cr…
Success stories of data exchange between organizations
The "Support center for data exchange”(Support Center for Data Sharing or SCDS in English) was born in 2019 as part of the European strategy to promote a common data ecosystem. It is a space to investigate and report on the practices of so-called data sharing, which they themselves define as “transa…
Creative Commons licenses and general conditions for the reuse of public sector information in Spain
In the more traditional conception of the right of access and transparency of public sector entities, obtaining information requires, in advance, the processing of an administrative procedure that ends with the corresponding resolution by which the requested information is granted or denied. However…
Digital skills in Europe: the use of ontologies to improve the search for candidates
The increasing concern of European authorities for the management of digital skills among the working population, especially young people, is a growing reality whose management does not seem to have an easy solution.
“The internet and digital technologies are transforming our world. But existi…
