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A common language to enable interoperability between open dataset catalogs
Open data plays a relevant role in technological development for many reasons. For example, it is a fundamental component in informed decision making, in process evaluation or even in driving technological innovation. Provided they are of the highest quality, up-to-date and ethically sound, data can…
Hot OSM: Collaborative mapping to coordinate emergency response
The humanitarian crisis following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 was the starting point for a voluntary initiative to create maps to identify the level of damage and vulnerability by areas, and thus to coordinate emergency teams. Since then, the collaborative mapping project known as Hot OSM (OpenS…
APIs for open data Access
Last December, the Congress of Deputies approved Royal Decree-Law 24/2021, which included the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the reuse of public sector information. This Royal Decree amends Law 37/2007 on the reuse of public sector information, including new requirements…
Formulas for accelerating data collaboration
After a period in which efforts were focused on releasing data, mainly from the public sector, in conditions in which it could be reused to create value in its different forms (economic, social, cultural, etc.), we are finding increasing activity around collaboration between organizations to solve b…
Hercules-ASIO Initiative. Integration, publication and consultation of linked open research data.
The Hercules initiative was launched in November 2017, through an agreement between the University of Murcia and the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, with the aim of developing a Research Management System (RMS) based on semantic open data that offers a global view of the research…
Importance of Data Cataloguing
Every day in the world, large amounts of data are generated that constitute an incredible potential for knowledge creation. Much of this data are generated by organisations that make them available to citizens.
It is recommended that the publication of these data in open data portals, such as datos.…
Pubby and LODI, opening linked data to humans
An important part of the data which is published on the Semantic Web, where resources are identified by URIs, is stored within triple store databases. This data can only be accessed through SPARQL queries via a SPARQL endpoint.
Moreover, the URIs used, usually designed in a pattern, in most of the d…
The ecosystem that nourishes open data
On too many occasions, open data initiatives are born in governments as purely technical projects whose purpose is simply creating a data catalog, when, in reality, they should be seen as collaborative transformation projects that take place within complex and variable environments, in which th…
Research data repositories: re3data.org
The research data is very valuable, and its permanent access is one of the greatest challenges for all agents involved in the scientific world: research staff, funding agencies, publishers and academic institutions. The long-term conservation of data and the culture of open access are sources of new…
