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This lesson explores the impact of open data reuse on government, society, environment and economy through webinars and examples of European open data and best practices in fields like mobility, journalism, agriculture, and smart cities. You’ll get a better understanding about the importance of monitoring open data reuse and different ways to do it. By the end, you'll understand the potential of open data reuse and be inspired to make a difference.

Dive into the world of geospatial data across Europe and discover emerging trends in the community. Listen to experts explain how metadata is harvested from national geoportals across Europe to data.europa.eu in the webinars and find out what kind of geoinformation can be found on the portal. You’ll learn about the role of data.europa.eu in the geospatial community, and to grasp the opportunities of geospatial data.

Ready to learn more about the legal challenges on the publication and reuse of open data? This lesson is your key to understanding the current state of intellectual property law and competition law in Europe. Through webinars and reading materials, you’ll gain insights into the shift from traditional intellectual property licensing to more modern subscription-based models and recognise the impact of competition law on licensing agreements. By the end of this lesson, you’ll have the knowledge and tools to combine datasets within a single project or for your service.

Want to learn the differences between different data formats? This e-learning dives into the different data formats and their corresponding properties. By the end of this lesson, you’ll have learned to distinguish the difference between data structures and data formats and know how to recognise specific data types.

Open data is great, but unfortunately it might contain some errors that need fixing! This e-learning highlights why cleaning open data is a very important step to take. By the end of this lesson, you’ll have learned how to recognise common data errors and fixes. Let’s start cleaning data and unlock the true value of open data!

Data protection is an essential element to consider before opening your data. Dive into the European data protection landscape and break down the legal basics around open data and data sharing. This lesson delves into open data and privacy, the importance of data governance, and explores the impact current and upcoming legislation, such as the General Data Protection Act, has on the data ecosystem and exchange of data.

Interested in delving into the web and finding data hidden to the human eye? This e-learning is for everyone who wants to dig deeper into the web and find data that’s not immediately visible. You’ll learn how to locate and obtain hidden data, how to assess its benefits, how to evaluate its value for your project or application, and discover some of the amazing unseen online gems.

Curious about the relevance of (open) data portals in the mid- and long-term? This lesson is all about understanding how open data ecosystems ensure that open data portals remain relevant for years to come. Through e-learning and reading materials, you’ll explore future-proof portal models designed by users of data.europa.eu, and new approaches to add value to existing portal’s resources.

Want to know how to assess the usefulness of your open data? This lesson is your key to learning how to assess the formats of the data and how to improve it into richer formats. The e-learning is all about how to use the 5 Stars of linked open data to assess the usefulness of your open data and how to recognise the number of stars in a dataset. By the end of this e-learning, you’ll have a deeper understanding of the formats that may be more useful for your apps.

When we talk about ‘open data’, we mean legal openness, so everybody can access, reuse and distribute it. This lesson is a first introduction to open data licensing, and what it means in practice.   Through e-learnings, videos, readings, and the licensing tool, you’ll be able to differentiate between the different licenses, build a machine-readable open license that can be applied to all online content, and use the data.europa.eu licensing tool. By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to select the right open data license for your dataset.