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How to build a citizen science initiative considering open data from the start
Citizen participation in the collection of scientific data promotes a more democratic science, by involving society in R+D+i processes and reinforcing accountability. In this sense, there are a variety of citizen science initiatives launched by entities such as CSIC, CENEAM or CREAF, among oth…
Neurotechnology and neurodata: what is its potential?
Imagine a machine that can tell if you're happy, worried, or about to make a decision, even before you know clearly. Although it sounds like science fiction, that future is already starting to take shape. Thanks to advances in neuroscience and technology, today we can record, analyze, and even predi…
Citizen science projects that encourage public knowledge
Citizen science is consolidating itself as one of the most relevant sources of most relevant sources of reference in contemporary research contemporary research. This is recognised by the Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), which defines citizen science as a methodology and a mean…
What is a data dictionary and why is it important?
Data has occupied a fundamental place in our society in recent years. New technologies have enabled a data-driven globalization in which everything that happens in the world is interconnected. Using simple techniques, it is possible to extract value from them that was unimaginable just a few years a…
Data vocabularies: why are they important?
Each individual, organization or group uses a number of common words in their daily communication, which would be their personal vocabularies. The greater the number of words we use, the greater our ability to communicate, but it can also be a barrier, increasing the difficulty of understanding othe…
Citizen science and open data to help society
Some time ago we talked about the power of citizen science to generate open data. As we explained then, citizen science initiatives seek to encourage citizens to contribute to various scientific activities and research through their efforts, knowledge, tools and resources.
The participatory n…
Linked Open Vocabularies (LOV)
One of the main barriers to the deployment of linked data is the difficulty that data editors have to determine which vocabularies to use to describe their semantics. These vocabularies provide the "semantic glue" that allows simple data to become "meaningful data".
Linked Open Vocabularies (LOV)…
