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European Commission consultation on Public Sector Information
How to improve the accessibility and re-use of public and publicly funded data, and how to stimulate re-use of privately held data of public interest? The European Commission announced a public consultation to evaluate these questions as part of the Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive implementation. The consultation consists of three parts: The evaluation of the implementation and functioning of the current EU legislative framework on the re-use of government data; Possible improvements of this framework for the future; Reflections on the possibility to allow public sector bodies to
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Denmark launches Open Data FinTech challenge
Today, Denmark starts the FinTech Open Data Challenge: a public contest for Open Data driven FinTech solutions. The challenge is organised by the Danish Partnership for Open Public Data (including the Danish Business Authority, Open Data DK, Local Government Denmark and Danish Regions) in cooperation with Copenhagen Fintech. Denmark has a strong Open Data position and enjoys a vast adoption of technology within the financial sector. The integration of finance, technology and data offers an opportunity to further strengthen the re-use of public Open Data. By harvesting Danish Open Data portals
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Data Pitch Innovation Programme
Data Pitch is an EU-funded open innovation programme bringing together data collectors and data holders from the private and public sector, and Open Data re-users (in particular start-ups and SMEs that work with such data). The programme's vision is to help create an Open Data ecosystem across Europe and enhance the collaboration between large organisations and start-ups and SMEs. The 2017-2018 Innovation Programme has officially started with the annual Call for Applications published on 1 JuIy 2017. The Data Pitch competition is designed along several challenges and provides a virtual
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How are Italian companies embracing Open Data?
Are companies embracing the use of open government data? How, why and what data is being leveraged? The GovLab launched Open Data 200 Italy, in partnership with Fondazione Bruno Kessler, which seeks to showcase the breadth and depth of companies using open data in Italy. OD200 Italy is the first and only systematic study to map the use of Open Data by companies in Italy. The GovLab and FBK gathered and analysed Open Data usage information via a detailed questionnaire. The objective was to map and assess the use of Open Data by 200 companies. To date, 55 companies across Italy have completed
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Have you already tried the SPARQL search functionality?
The European Data Portal currently offers over 750,000 datasets, and these datasets can be accessed in different ways. One can browse per catalogue, per category, and one can search for keywords. Another, more sophisticated option is the use of the SPARQL search function. SPARQL stands for SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language, and enables users to query information from databases or any data source that can be mapped to RDF. The SPARQL standard is designed and endorsed by the W3C and helps users and developers focus on what they would like to know instead of how a database is organised
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Slovenian Statistical Office now harvested by national Open Data portal
As per 6 September 2017, data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia is published on the Slovenian national Open Data portal (OPSI). On the OPSI portal, users can now find metadata descriptions of all registers and collections available to the public sector, which gives them an insight to the functioning of the country. Users can access the Open Data, can just view them or create new stories with them. The statistical data prepared by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia currently represent 3.367 collections. The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia is
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The European Data Portal will be speaking at the Language Technology Industry Summit
The data economy is a fundamental component of our globalised world and a pillar of Europe's Digital Single Market. As more and more datasets are made available, more barriers arise that may come to limit their re-use and thereby their value. Multilingualism is a key feature in enhancing the discoverability of data. The European Data Portal offers access to over 750,000 datasets spread across 30+ countries. It uses Automated Translation ( eTranslation services) to translate information about each data set from the original to all other 23 EU languages. From 9 to 11 October, the Language
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French company accelerates American Open Data adaptation
How to make American local governments more efficient, innovative, transparent and accountable? The French company OpenDataSoft spreads its wings by offering a free open data portal trial license to more than 500 cities in the United States. The initiative, called Open Data America, intends to show the benefit of presenting cities' Open Data in interactive ways. The cities are offered a ready-made portals, meant to make public information more accessible. In this way citizens, companies and government agencies can analyse data, draw insights and spot upcoming trends. The project targets medium
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The curing power of Open Data
The vast repositories of biomedical Open Data enables researchers around the world to create their own drugs and diagnostics. These medical advancements show the power and value of disclosing data obtained by publicly funded researchers. Open Data, related to biomedical information particularly, is the most important export product of today's western world, according to Atul Butte (director of the Institute for Computational Health Sciences at the University of California at San Francisco). The treatment of colon cancer for instance improved as a result of sharing Open Data. By freely
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Judicial Open Data in Spain
The Spanish judicial sector is one of the most mature Open Data domains of the country. Legal professionals have been disclosing information (including jurisdiction) for a long period of time. For example, documentation from the Judicial Documentation Centre (CENDOJ) can be consulted freely, entailing decisions of the main judicial bodies. However, to future-proof legal Open Data, it is worth considering further data alignment and allowing for commercial use. Opening up judicial data takes place in a complex stakeholder setting. In 2010, the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary approved