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In this article we compile a series of infographics aimed at both publishers and reusers working with open data. They show standards and good practices to facilitate both the publication and the processing of data.
Technical guide: Data version control
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Published: January 2026 Data Version Control (DVC) allows you to record and document the complete evolution of a data set, facilitating collaboration, auditing, and recovery of previous versions. Without a clear system for managing these changes, it is easy to lose traceability. In this infographic, we explain how to implement DVC. |
DCAT-AP-ES: A step forward in open data interoperability
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Published: august 2025 This new metadata model adopts the guidelines of the European metadata exchange schema DCAT-AP (Data Catalog Vocabulary-Application Profile) with some additional restrictions and adjustments.
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Guide for the deployment of data portals. Good practices and recommendations
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Published: april 2025 This infographic summarizes best practices and recommendations for designing, developing and deploying open data portals at the municipal level. Specifically, it includes: strategic framework, general requirements and technical and functional guidelines. |
Data Act (DA)
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Published: February 2024 The Data Act is a European Union regulation to facilitate data accessibility in a horizontal way. In other words, it establishes principles and guidelines for all sectors, emphasizing fair access to data, user rights and the protection of personal data. Find out what its keys are in this infographic. A one-page version has also been created for easy printing: click here. |
Data Governance Act (DGA)
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Published: January 2024 The European Data Governance Act (DGA) is a horizontal instrument to regulate the reuse of data and promote its exchange under the principles and values of the European Union (EU). Find out what are its keys in this infographic. A one-page version has also been created to make printing easier: click here. |
How to create an action plan to drive openness and reuse of open data
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Published: November 2022 This infographic shows the different elements that should be included in a Plan of measures to promote openness and reuse of open data. The aim is that the units responsible for openness can draw up a feasible roadmap for open data, which also allows for its monitoring and evaluation. |
8 guides to improve data publication and processing
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Published: October 2022 At datos.gob.es we have prepared different guides to help publishers and reusers when preparing data for publication and/or analysis. In this infographic we summarise the content of eight of them. |
General guidelines for quality assurance of open data
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Published: September 2022 This infographic details general guidelines for ensuring the quality of open data, such as using standardised character encoding, avoiding duplicate records or incorporating variables with geographic information. |
Guidelines for quality assurance using specific data formats
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Published: September 2022 This infographic provides specific guidelines for ensuring the quality of open data according to the data format used. Specific guidelines have been included for CSV, XML, JSON, RDF and APIs. |
Technical standards for good data governance
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Published: May 2022 This infographic shows the standards to be taken into account for proper data governance, according to the Spanish Association for Standardisation (UNE). These standards are based on 4 principles: Governance, Management, Quality and Security and data privacy. |
APIs for open data access
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Published: January 2022 Many open data portals in Spain already have their own APIs to facilitate access to data and metadata. This infographic shows some examples at national, regional and local level, including information about the datos.gob.es API.. |
