Methodological guidelines for sectoral open data plans

In order to help the different agents of the national open data community, Iniciativa Aporta elaborates and publishes regularly handbooks and methodological guidelines that address different aspects of the openness and re-use of public sector information. In addition, it periodically reviews and updates the information of such materials to suit the latest industry trends while the content is redesigned to make it more attractive to users.

Thus, it has recently released the new version of the Methodological Guide for Sectoral Open Data Plans, a document created in collaboration with the international expert on open data, Carlos Iglesias, showing how to articulate a open data project around the needs of a specific sector or theme.

This latest version is enriched with visual elements -graphics, illustrations, diagrams, among others - that facilitate the use and dissemination of content. In addition, new references have been included to enable the reader to delve into the most important aspects for the preliminary study and construction of a conceptual model on which a sectoral open data initiative is based.  Finally, the content has been reorganized to improve the reading and understanding of the guide for the user to take full advantage of the information and data provided.

These actions are included in the lines of action of Iniciativa Aporta, designed to provide support to the stakeholders of the open data ecosystem in Spain, and help them create new business models based on the re-use of open data which collaborate in the socio-economic growth.