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The OECD OUR Data Index puts Spain in sixth place in open data

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), develope

The Ontological Engineering Group of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, member of the consortium that will develop a single access point for data from all over Europe

The EU Publications Office has awarded a six-year contract to a consortium including the Ontology Engineering Group of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

The open data obligation in the new regulation on public procurement

The recent entry into force of Law 9/2017, of November 8, on Public Sector Contracts last March, has introduced a novelty of great relevance in the Span

The Open Government and Public Data Strategies of the Autonomous Communities

At the end of last year, the IV Open Government Plan for Spain was published, which included a series of commitments that public administrations undertook related to accountability, improved par

The opening of data in the provincial councils: the example of Gipuzkoa Irekia

The provincial councils and equivalent bodies such as cabildos or island councils are the governing bodies of the provinces and foral territories, responsible for providing legal, economic and technical assistance and cooperation to the municipalities.

The Organizational Chart of the Government of the Canary Islands, an example of reuse of open data

In recent months, the Canary Islands data initiative strategy has focused on centralization, with the aim of providing citizens with access to public information through a single access point.

The potential use of the DAMA methodology in open data management

In the current environment, organisations are trying to improve the exploitation of their data through the use of new technologies, providing the business with additional value and turning data into their main strategic asset.

The power of citizen science to generate open data

We live in a connected world, where we all carry a mobile device that allows us to capture our environment and share it with whoever we want through social networks or different tools. This allows us to maintain contact with our loved ones even if we are thousands of kilometers away, but ...

The professionals of Data Science teams

In recent years we have been discovering new field to apply data science, as the solution of old problems that we can now solve thanks to the new techniques and methodologi

The protection of personal data in the draft Data Governance Regulation (Data Governance Act)

Since the initial publication of the draft European Regulation on Data Governance, several steps have been taken during the procedure established for its approval, among which some reports of singular relevance stand out.