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OGP's assessment and challenges ahead of the forthcoming Global Summit in Spain
The international open government community is preparing for the 9th Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which will take place in Vitoria-Gasteiz next October.. For three days, government representatives, civil society leaders and policy makers from around the world will exchange…
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…
GeoParquet 1.0.0: new format for more efficient access to spatial data
Cloud data storage is currently one of the fastest growing segments of enterprise software, which is facilitating the incorporation of a large number of new users into the field of analytics.
As we introduced in a previous post, a new format, Parquet, has among its…
Especificaciones UNE – Guía de Evaluación del Gobierno, Gestión y Gestión de la Calidad del Dato
Motivación
Hoy en día, en un entorno en constante cambio y en el que la generación de datos está creciendo de forma exponencial, es necesario establecer procesos comunes a lo largo del ciclo de vida de los activos de datos de toda organización. Disponer de datos bien gobernados, gestionados y con ni…
Open data as a digital public good
The Web emerged more than 30 years ago as an open, participatory and inclusive network that encouraged access to and reuse of knowledge through a spirit of collaboration and constant experimentation. This is precisely the same concept and philosophy that the government open data community adopted a…
Why should you use Parquet files if you process a lot of data?
It's been a long time since we first heard about the Apache Hadoop ecosystem for distributed data processing. Things have changed a lot since then, and we now use higher-level tools to build solutions based on big data payloads. However, it is important to highlight some best practices related to ou…
Open data and the reuse of public sector information in the IV Open Government Plan
The IV Open Government Plan 2020-2024 represents a new step in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations within the framework of the 2030 Agenda adopted by its General Assembly. Specifically, for the achievement of number 16, related to Peace, Justice and S…
