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The licensing assistant of the European Data Portal
One of the main difficulties in promoting the reuse of public sector information refers to the diversity of licenses. Given the absence of a general obligation, each public entity can decide the legal conditions to access for subsequent reuse taking into account the legal preference for open license…
Published the map of capacities on technologies of Artificial Intelligence of Spain
The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has published a map that includes the current state of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem in Spain. This action is included in the Spanish R + D + I AI Strategy and it is also one of the commitments reached by the Member States of the Euro…
Abert@s, the open data initiative of Xunta de Galicia
The open data initiative of Xunta de Galicia, called Abert@s, was published in March 2012 with the aim of promoting the opening of data by the autonomous public sector organizations of Galicia and promoting its reuse. This is a transversal project, although it started and is coordinated by the Agenc…
Published the report "Study on reusable data as linguistic resources"
Language Technologies are a field of Artificial Intelligence, which allows, among other things, to automatically exploit the large amount of textual and oral information we have access to. To boost its development, the Secretary of State for Digital Advancement (SEAD) is carrying out the Plan for th…
The main actors in 10 years of open data
Governments, private sector, donors, multilateral organizations ... there are many and diverse actors that have been building the open data movement during the last decade until it reach the current level. Each of them has its own agenda and interests, but in many cases sharing common objectives and…
The European Commission launches a support centre for data sharing
The "Support Center for Data Sharing" (SCDS) is a new initiative funded by the European Commission with the aim of boosting the European data ecosystem. It is a website aimed at governments, companies and citizens, focused on researching and reporting about data sharing practices and those elements…
The reuse and use conditions of licenses
In the regulation of the right of access to public sector information, making a request is essential to obtain the data. This request gives rise to the corresponding administrative procedure, so that the user could obtain the information only after the appropriate resolution. Likewise, the legislati…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, an important source of data on agriculture and the environment
According to World Bank data, agriculture is one of the main economic sectors in the world, with an added value of more than three trillion dollars. But its importance goes much further. Sustainable agriculture, in addition to generating wealth, can help overcome many of the challenges that humanity…
The importance of guaranteeing the privacy of information
For the Special Rapporteur on the rights to privacy of the United Nations General Assembly, Joe Cannataci, data is and will be a key economic asset, as capital and labour. For this reason, it has recently urged the public and private sectors to review the way they currently share some data, highligh…
The finalists of Aporta Challenge 2019 are published
10 proposals have been selected among the 40 ideas presented in Phase I of the Aporta Challenge 2019. Now the second phase begins, where participants will have to develop a prototype in 4 months and present it in front of a jury of experts in the field. Prototypes may consist of simulations, visuali…
