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How to measure carbon footprint using open data
The carbon footprint is a key indicator for understanding the environmental impact of our actions. It measures the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere as a result of human activities, most notably the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal. These gases,…
Data policies that foster innovation
The importance of data in today's society and economy is no longer in doubt. Data is now present in virtually every aspect of our lives. This is why more and more countries have been incorporating specific data-related regulations into their policies: whether they relate to personal, busin…
Accelerating the energy transition with open data
Aspects as relevant to our society as environmental sustainability, climate change mitigation or energy security have led to the energy transition taking on a very important role in the daily lives of nations, private and public organisations, and even in our daily lives as citizens of the world. Th…
Exploring the role of open data on the web3
While there is still no absolute consensus on the definition of Web3, the applications and concepts associated with the term have been increasingly widely explored in recent years and some of its propositions such as cryptocurrencies have already reached the general public. The term Web3 usually ref…
The benefits of open data in the agriculture and forestry sector: the case of Fruktia and Arbaria
As in other industries, digital transformation is helping to change the way the agriculture and forestry sector operates. Combining technologies such as geolocation or artificial intelligence and using open datasets to develop new precision tools is transforming agriculture into an increasingly tech…
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 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…
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…
