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When carrying out a data analysis project, it is usual to work with different sources, which in many cases include datasets with Heterogeneous formats and structures that do not always share the same quality. Therefore, one of the first phases in any...

More and more media outlets have articles on their pages linked to so-called data journalism. This form of journalism uses the technologies and tools related to to data to provide readers with more documented, easier to understand and more engaging...

The "Support center for data exchange”(Support Center for Data Sharing or SCDS in English) was born in 2019 as part of the European strategy to promote a common data ecosystem. It is a space to investigate and report on the practices of so-called data...

Data has become central to our increasingly digitised economies and societies. The five largest companies in the S&P500 index (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and Alphabet) all have data as the primary foundation underpinning their businesses....

More than 2.5 billion tonnes. That is the amount of waste that, according to the European Union, is produced every year in the EU - although the specific figure is from 2016 -, with the consequent danger to the environment and our own future. This...

Many people don't know, but we are surrounded by APIs. APIs are the mechanism by which services communicate on the Internet. APIs are what make it possible for us to log into our email or make a purchase online. API stands for Application Programming...

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...

There was a time, not so long ago, when a discrepancy in a piece of information could lead to a long conversation between friends and family. Now, those discussions are over with a quick internet search: how old a celebrity is, which football team won a...

When we think of open data our first intuition is usually directed towards data generated by public sector bodies in the exercise of their functions and made available for reuse by citizens and businesses, i.e. public sector open data or open public data...

Some time ago we talked about the power of citizen science to generate open data. As we explained then, citizen science initiatives seek to encourage citizens to contribute to various scientific activities and research through their efforts, knowledge...