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How do the machines learn? Machine Learning and its different types
Machine learning is a branch within the field of Artificial Intelligence that provides systems with the ability to learn and improve automatically, based on experience. These systems transform data into information, and with this information, they can make decisions. A model needs to be fed with dat…
How do Spanish initiatives measure the impact of open data?
Measuring the impact of open data is not always easy. As we saw a few weeks ago, there are several theoretical models that are not easy to implement, so we have to look for different approaches. In the Aporta Initiative we use a mixed approach, as explained here: a quantitative analysis through indi…
The role of open data and artificial intelligence in the European Green Deal
Just a few months ago, in November 2019, Ursula von der Leyen, still as a candidate for the new European Commission 2019-2024, presented the development of a European Green Deal as the first of the six guidelines that would shape the ambitions of her mandate.
The global situation has changed radical…
Creative Commons licenses and general conditions for the reuse of public sector information in Spain
In the more traditional conception of the right of access and transparency of public sector entities, obtaining information requires, in advance, the processing of an administrative procedure that ends with the corresponding resolution by which the requested information is granted or denied. However…
Measuring the impact of open data
The difficulties in adequately measuring the impact of open data initiatives are widely known, as it is a global debate that has been with us practically since the beginning of the first open data initiatives, more than ten years ago. The problem is that it is relatively easy to find isolated exampl…
What is an interactive display? Here is an example
The visual representation of data helps our brain to digest large amounts of information quickly and easily. Interactive visualizations make it easier for non-experts to analyze complex situations represented as data.
As we introduced in our last post on this topic, graphical data visualization is a…
The importance of opening cultural data
Did you know that open digital heritage is fundamental to understanding the world around us, to boosting a more creative economy and to meeting agreed educational goals? It is estimated that around 90% of the world's cultural heritage has not yet been digitized. Of the remaining 10% that has been di…
Open data in museums
Can we consider a work of as a data? When talking about open data, we usually think of statistical, meteorological, geospatial data... but we do not have in mind a painting, a song or a book. Resources also susceptible to becoming open data.
When we talk about open cultural data we refer to publicat…
LINHD, an innovation laboratory that link humanities and technology
The opening of data related to academic and research work entails multiple advantages, such as the improvement of transparency, the possibilities of replicating studies to verify their validity or greater visibility and impact that boost the recognition of the researcher. In this sense, Law 14/2011,…
Modelos de intercambio de datos públicos-privados: el ejemplo de la International Data Spaces Association
La disponibilidad de datos de calidad es un elemento indispensable en la senda de crecimiento de las nuevas economías basadas en activos digitales. Sin embargo, los datos por si solos no son suficiente. Es necesario disponer de mecanismos de intercambio que aseguren una cadena de custodia controlada…
