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You can now participate in BNE collaborative platform
A couple of weeks ago, the Spanish National Library (BNE) presented its collaborative work platform, comunidad.bne.es, developed together with Red.es, in an event that brought together dozens of collaborators interested in our cultural heritage.
Since then, almost 200 people have participated in the…
Open data as a governance tool
Nowadays, there is a reflection that goes through the global open data community about whether the current open data model is already exhausted, making necessary to go further with a new generation of openness. According to David Eaves, one of the greatest achievements in this first era of data open…
The BNE presents its new platform for collaborative work
The National Library of Spain launches on 6 February a collaborative digital project to enrich its collections and catalogues, developed in collaboration with Red.es. The aim is to favour access to and the reuse of public data in an area of great interest to society such as culture.
The project seek…
How to facilitate interoperability in an open data portal: the example of Aragón Open Data
The Open Data initiative of the Government of Aragon was created by an agreement in 2012 with the aim of creating economic value in the ICT Sector through the reuse of public information, the increase of transparency and the promotion of innovation. All this, in order to boost the development of inf…
New, open and reusable BNE datasets are available
Within their strategy framework to promote the reuse of digital heritage, and with the support of Red.es, the Spanish National Library (BNE) has developed a specific data analysis, opening and publication work in the last year. The data are shared in open and reusable formats and following RISP (Reu…
Evaluation of Aporta Initiative in 2018
As every year, it is time to evaluate the activity carried out during the last year.
2018 has been a very positive year for Aporta initiative. On the one hand, our work has been acknowledged, one more year, by the European Data Portal, which consider our country as an open data trend-setter. In addi…
Guidelines for the opening of research data from a legal perspective
One of the main challenges of the research activity is related to the dissemination of the results obtained. For a few years now, special emphasis has been placed on promoting universal access to knowledge "by positioning in favor of policies of open access to scientific information", using the expr…
Open data to solve women's challenges and promote equality
During 2018, a large number of acts and demonstrations that sought to promote gender equality have taken place. The feminist demonstrations of March 8 or the #metoo movement (which began at the end of 2017) highlighted the need to promote real equality in all society sectors.
Open data, just as it h…
Now more than ever, the future is open
In September 2018, a new edition of the International Open Data Conference (IODC) took place in Buenos Aires, the global event that probably has the highest influence in determining the future of public open data policies worldwide and whose last edition was held in Spain a couple of years ago.
Duri…
