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For knowledge to become much greater and public heritage to be everywhere is one of the objectives of the Spanish National Library (BNE), which has opted to promote reuse of its digital heritage and develop new, innovative products and...

The world faces a global problem of food safety and sustainability. With world population growing to levels of around ten billion by 2050, the current agricultural system is under more pressure than ever before to meet growing demand with quality food...

El Ayuntamiento de Madrid acaba de lanzar la segunda convocatoria de los premios Periodismo de Datos y Datatón Ciudad de Madrid, en colaboración con el Laboratorio de datos (DataLab) de MediaLab Prado, con los que se pretende fomentar el uso de la...

To provide an objective measure of the quality of the datos.gob.es catalogue, obtain a more in-depth knowledge of the status of the catalogue, compare and contrast the opinions received with respect to the catalogue’s quality and define the lines of...

The environment is a concern and a matter of general interest for our society. We should not be surprised, therefore, by the numerous initiatives within the universe of open data for the publication of information related to the environment, both...

Water is, without a doubt, one of the essential natural resources for humanity and life on the planet. Publication of data on water management, from both the social and the environmental point of view, is fundamental for society as a whole. As far as the...

Spain ranks 11th in open data among a total of 115 countries, according to the latest Open Data Barometer  - ODB - which has just been published. Produced on an annual basis by the World Wide Web Foundation since 2013, the Open Data Barometer is a...

This Thursday, June 1, sees the start in Madrid of the fourth edition of the Open Expo 2017, Fair and Annual Congress for FLOSS and Open World Economy (Open Data and Open Innovation). As we announced in the portal, the event is dedicated to...

Smart cities, health and welfare, food and agriculture ... The European Commission has approved the launch of Data Pitch, an innovation accelerator in the field of data that aims to bring companies and entrepreneurs together in order to channel...

Public procurement represents around 20% of GDP in Spain and, therefore, it is a sector in which transparency plays a doubly important role: on the one hand, because it is an essential mechanism to facilitate the effective control of public spending and...