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Data leaks: opportunity or obstacle for open data sector
The revelations by Snowden, the Falciani list or, more recently, the dissemination of Panama Papers by ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) are examples of the open publication of critical data that has had a great impact on socio-economic spheres worldwide. But... Do such le…
Guidance and guarantees in the process of personal data anonymisation
Recently, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has launched a guide to promote the re-use of public sector information whereas the privacy of citizens is guaranteed. In order to provide some guidelines that help the implementation of these techniques, the AEPD has also published the document en…
Guidance on data protection in the re-use of public sector information
Law 18/2015, of 9 July, amending Law 37/2007, of 16 November, on re-use of public sector information, provides that the authorities and public bodies have a clear obligation to authorize the re-use of their information, including those institutions in the cultural field such as museums, archives and…
Common Directory content (DIR3) published in open and reusable format (RDF-XML)
The Common Directory of Organic Units and Offices -also known as Common Directory or DIR3- provides a unified and common inventory of more than 77,000 organic units and 5,900 Offices of the State, Regional and Local Administration and Universities. Its main goal is to facilitate the co-distributed i…
The value of open corporate data, case examples in IODC16
The openness of public sector information is already a reality, although more international efforts are still needed to bring this movement to all corners of the planet, as it is drawn from the conclusions of the last Open Data Barometer. However, the values of open philosophy have not been taken on…
Open data and health, conclusions from IODC16
One of the sectors where open data have a greater real impact is health and medical diagnosis and care. The benefits of reuse in this field are widely known and, nowadays, many public and private institutions are working on indicators and repositories of health information, languages for representin…
Encuentro Aporta 2016 - Coordination and harmonization as key success factors in data publication
The big open data week has started with the sixth edition of Encuentro Aporta 2016, the annual event for the open data community in Spain. This time, the event was divided into three different sessions designed to analyse the most important aspects of the sector from the point of view of public enti…
Encuentro Aporta 2016, good business practices in the field of open data reuse
In the words of Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, Mr. Victor Calvo-Sotelo, the open data sector in Spain has a direct economic impact of 1,700 million euros, creating approximately thirteen thousand jobs in the country. Given these data, there is no doubt that t…
Encuentro Aporta 2016, global and local actions aimed at promoting key action areas in the global roadmap
Framed within the program previous to the International Open Data Conference, the agenda of Encuentro Aporta has been aligned to IODC sessions. To that end, the last session was about the global and local actions related to five key areas in the open data roadmap: standards, capacity and skill…
The importance of open data in the national tourism sector
Tourism is a key sector for the Spanish economy and, for this reason, it is necessary to know the factors that affect this industry. Having access to the tourist information -preferences, destinations, spending per visitor... - help improve the business and public policies to make grow the profitabi…
