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Public sector bodies must make their data available for re-use, making it accessible in the form of open data, as referred to in Spain's legislative framework. The first step for this is that each entity, at local, regional and state level, as well as...

A data space is an ecosystem where, on a voluntary basis, the data of its participants (public sector, large and small technology or business companies, individuals, research organizations, etc.) are pooled. Thus, under a context of sovereignty, trust...

By analysing data, we can discover meaningful patterns and gain insights that lead to informed decision making. But good data analysis needs to be methodical and follow a series of steps in an orderly fashion. In this video (in Spanish) we give you some...

In a platform such as datos.gob.es, where the frequency of dataset updates is constant, it is necessary to have mechanisms that facilitate massive and automatic queries. In datos.gob.es we have an API and a SPARQL point to facilitate this task. Both...

Open data publishers in the National Catalog hosted in datos.gob.es have at their disposal several internal functionalities to easily manage their datasets and everything related to them. To bring these possibilities closer to the registered users,...

Before performing data analysis, for statistical or predictive purposes, for example through machine learning techniques, it is necessary to understand the raw material with which we are going to work. It is necessary to understand and evaluate the...

In Spain there are a large number of local, regional and state data initiatives. In order to harmonise this ecosystem, datos.gob.es is a single access point, so that re-users can easily find the information they require in a single space. In addition,...

The data economy in the European Union exceeded € 375,000 M in 2018, with a growth close to 12% compared to 2017, and it is expected to continue growing to € 555,000 M in 2025. Then, it will reach 4% of the GDP of the EU27. Given this situation, it is...

Although, nowadays more and more data sources are available, this does not imply that they are easy to use. In fact, multiple barriers hinder their access and reuse, reducing their quality.  Iniciativa Aporta publishes the Practical Manual...

The Iniciativa Aporta publishes the Guide to publish open data quickly and easily (with CKAN); a handbook that shows how to articulate an open data project without the need of extensive knowledge or prior experience in the opening of public sector...