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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…
Open Data, powerful resource for health and agriculture sectors
Thanks to the reuse of public sector information, new businesses and new business models are beginning to emerge. But, for that, public entities have to open the data they store and place them at the service of the society. According to the Characterization Study of the Infomediary Sector, in 2014 t…
Report: Open Data Maturity in Europe
As part of the European Data Portal Project, a new study has been published to assess the open data maturity status of the EU state members together with Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (UE28+).
This anual report is intented to build a strong knowledge base, which helps create an European lead…
