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Release of the final version of European Data Portal
The European Data Portal was launched at the European Data Forum, held in Luxemburg. On 18 February, the final version of the portal went live, as the version before was a beta one. This paneuropean infrastructure makes available the information published by public administrations from the member st…
International Open Data Charter
In June 2013 all G8 leaders signed the Open Data Charter which outlined a set of five core principles to promote transparency, innovation and governmental accountability. The global open data movement welcomed those principles as the necessary tool to lay the foundation for a better collaboration. N…
BDE Webinar: technical insights into BDE Project
Climate, energy, food & agriculture, health, transport, security and social sciences are the seven societal challenges tracked by the EU framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon2020. In each of these fields, data play a growing role. Therefore, what is needed are innovative techn…
The value of open data in targeting education policies
While the value of open content is well known within the scientific and academic community, opening up academic data for reuse is critical in order to assess and target current education policies in order to ensure an accurate response to society’s demands. In the final analysis, opening up public s…
Upcoming open data events in Spain
The Spanish thematic network on Open Data and Smart Cities was created in December 2014, an initiative fostered by research groups, technology centers, public administrations and private companies. On Thursday of this week, the network is hosting a meeting (12.00 to 14.00 pm) in Medialab-Prado…
DCAT-AP & Open Data: contributions and new lines of work
The European Commission has taken an important step by completing the DCAT Application Profile (DCAT-AP), a joint initiative of the ISA Programme, the EU Publications Office and DG CONNECT. This specification is an extension of the W3C Data Catalogue Vocabulary (DCAT) and the definition of a regulat…
Overview of Spanish legislation on the reuse of public sector information
In recent years, Spain has seen an authentic whirlwind of legislative action seeking to promote the technological modernization of the public sector. Apart from Law 18/2015 (9th July) which was necessary to modify the 2007 regulations in order to meet the requirements of the European Union, by the e…
Open Data’s Impact, midiendo el impacto de los datos abiertos
Cada vez más organismos públicos, entidades privadas, organizaciones civiles y ciudadanos son conscientes de los beneficios socioeconómicos que albergan los datos abiertos. Sin embargo, aún queda mucho por descubrir acerca del impacto real que supone la reutilización de la información. Actualmente,…
Global agenda of open data
In the last International Open Data Conference, held last year in Canada, the global community gathered to analyse the evolution of open data: the present and future of PSI re-use.
After two power-packed days with sessions, workshops, discussions and parallel activities, a roadmap was designed in a…
Practice case: how open data can help save lives
Cities are releasing data that they store to make life better for their residents -- enabling journalists and researchers to re-use the public sector information to better inform the public.
Los Angeles (USA) is a good case in point. The city has unleashed and published online data about t…
