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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…
MAMD Methodology: The Alarcos Model of Data Improvement
There is such a close relationship between data management, data quality management and data governance that the terms are often used interchangeably or confused. However, there are important nuances.
The overall objective of data management is to ensure that data meets the business requirements tha…
10 Popular Data Analytics and Machine Learning Libraries
Programming libraries refer to the sets of code files that have been created to develop software in a simple way . Thanks to them, developers can avoid code duplication and minimize errors with greater agility and lower cost. There are many bookstores, focused on different activities. A few weeks ag…
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…
The UK data strategy and its reform
Just over a year ago - and after an extensive process of analysis, research and public consultation - the UK government announced its new national data strategy created in response to the increasingly important role of data in all aspects of our society. The strategy builds on other related initiati…
The most popular data visualization APIs and libraries
A couple of weeks ago, we commented in this article the importance of data analysis tools to generate representations that allow a better understanding of the information and make better decisions. In this article we divide these tools into 2 categories: generic data visualization tools - such as Ki…
The role of blockchain in security and data privacy
The imminent application of the recent GDPR (May 25th) modifies the European panorama in terms of security and privacy of personal data. Overall, the GDPR could be considered a "Digital Declaration of Rights". As we saw earlier, this Regulation lists the detailed requirements that any institution or…
