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Data Mesh and Data Fabric: New Perspectives in Enterprise Data Architectures
Over the last decade, the amount of data that organisations generate and need to manage has grown exponentially. With the rise of the cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI), enterprises face the challenge of integrating and governing data from multiple sourc…
Data citation, a practice that favours the re-use of data
We are living in a historic moment in which data is a key asset, on which many small and large decisions of companies, public bodies, social entities and citizens depend every day. It is therefore important to know where each piece of information comes from, to ensure that the issues that affect our…
Towards an Open Government: A Guide to Transforming Public Administrations
The Open Government Guide for Public Employees is a manual to guide the staff of public administrations at all levels (local, regional and state) on the concept and conditions necessary to achieve an "inclusive open government in a digital environment". Specifically, the document seeks for the admin…
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…
The Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain (IDEE), a benchmark for geospatial information
Throughout history, geospatial data have allowed humankind to better understand its environment. When we talk about geographic or spatial data, we refer to data "that implicitly or explicitly refer to a location relative to the Earth", according to the Spanish Standard UNE 148004:2018. Generally, th…
The potential use of the DAMA methodology in open data management
In the current environment, organisations are trying to improve the exploitation of their data through the use of new technologies, providing the business with additional value and turning data into their main strategic asset.
However, we can only extract the real value of data if it is reliable and…