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The Interoperable Europe Act
One of the main requirements of the digital transformation of the public sector concerns the existence of optimal interoperability conditions for data sharing. This is an essential premise from a number of points of view, in particular as regards multi-entity actions and procedures. In particular, i…
Common European public sector data spaces
The strong commitment to common data spaces at European level is one of the main axes of the European Data Strategy adopted in 2020. This approach was already announced in that document as a basis, on the one hand, to support public policy momentum and, on the other hand, to facilitate the developme…
Safe rooms in Spain: What kind of data can researchers access?
There are a number of data that are very valuable, but which by their nature cannot be opened to the public at large. These are confidential data which are subject to third party rights that prevent them from being made available through open platforms, but which may be essential for research that p…
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…
The European data space for public procurement: possibilities, difficulties and challenges
The regulatory approach in the European Union has taken a major turn since the first regulation on the reuse of public sector information was promoted in 2003. Specifically, as a consequence of the European Data Strategy approved in 2020, the regulatory approach is being expanded from at least two p…
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…
AI to improve public tenders and sculptures using open data: we spoke with the Spanish semi-finalists of the EU Datathon 2022
After several months competing, on 20 October the open data contest organised by the EU came to an end. The EU Datathon is a contest that gives data developers and scientists the chance to demonstrate, through their creativity, the potential of open data.
Although in this post you can…
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…
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.…
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…
