26 interviews found for "user"
Interview with Manuel Bravo, director of Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library Foundation
Culture and leisure
The Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library, winner of the 1st edition of Aporta Awards, facilitates access and reuse of its funds, based on international standards, with the focus on user experience and the dissemination of Hispanic culture. Manuel Bravo, General Director of the Foundation, tells us how this initiative was born and how it has evolved over the years, and…
Interview with Manuel Noya and José López Veiga, Linknovate's associates
Science and technology
Linknovate, the winning company of the 1st edition of Aporta Awards, is a software provider that tracks all the scientific production published on the internet, ranking the contents according to its own algorithm. Its search engine optimizes the time spent searching for information, facilitating contact between the academic and the business world.
We interviewed…
Interview with the Open Data Advisory Team at the World Bank
Economy
In reference to the Open Government Data Working Group of the World Bank, could you explain how the entity contributes to the opening and re-use of public information?
The World Bank has been providing technical assistance, capacity building and funding for developing countries’ Open Data programs since 2012. Its activities can be summarized under four domains: (a)…
Interview with Antonio F. Rodríguez Pascual
Science and technology
Interview with Antonio F. Rodríguez Pascual, Assistant Deputy Director of CNIG.
What is the place of geospatial information within the general open data ecosystem?
To provide some figures, geographic information is inevitably present in seven (election results, national map, weather forecasts, pollutant emissions, location dataset, water quality, land…
Interview with Dato Capital
Science and technology
Interview with Dato Capital, a multinational company specialised in business services and financial information.
Dato Capital offers users an extensive database of companies and executives. From what sources is the information obtained? Are they public or private?
There are about 100 different sources of information, most of them are official…
Interview with Wendy Carrara
Science and technology
Interview with Wendy Carrara, project manager of the European Data Portal of the European Commission.
What role does the European Commission, especially DG CONNECT, play in the promotion of openness and re-use of public sector information?
The European Commission has been supporting accessibility and re-use of public sector information for quite some…
