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As the open data sector has developed in recent years, we have also seen an increase in its impact on the business and entrepreneurial world. In addition, the growing interest of many institutions (both public and private) in the entrepreneurial and...

The Semantic Sensor Network Ontology (SSN) is an ontology that describes sensors and observations, that is, the physical data measured by devices. This vocabulary is intended to play a crucial role in the application of semantic technologies in...

Europe’s open data portal has added three new training modules to its online training guide, which offers e-learning in several languages regarding fundamental aspects of open data, as well as providing supporting material. The three new training...

The commitment to so-called smart cities is currently one of the major commitments to technological innovation in the public sector, especially in the local sphere. This type of initiative aims to address challenges to sustainability in the urban context...

The traditional concept of public services is based on the reserving certain activities to the public sector exclusively because of their being essential for the satisfaction of public interests. As provided for in Article 128.2 of...

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published the results of the second edition of the Open-Useful-Reusable Data Index ( OURData Index), developed to support member countries of this organization in promoting Open data...

Businesses are starting to see how data can benefit them. The Open Data Institute (ODI) held a meeting with 13 private organizations from various economic sectors to discuss the challenges and benefits of this new discipline: data in the private...

How much money has your government invested in the latest public service or infrastructure built in your city? What exactly was the money invested in? How was the hiring of the final suppliers decided? Has the successful tenderer duly complied with...

Open data and information reuse policies have traditionally been associated with public sector entities. It is logical that it should be they who encourage this kind of initiative, insofar as they are financed through public funds, if we also take...

Biodiversity refers to all living creatures on earth, comprising both the variety of ecosystems and life forms. Given the ecological and economic importance of natural capital represented by biodiversity, in 1999 the Organization for...