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The Open Data Charter: A Roadmap for Using a Global Resource
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) global summit took place in Mexico City last week. The Partnership is dedicated to making governments everywhere more "open, accountable and responsive to citizens." A core part of that effort is promoting Open Data. At the summit, the OGP's leadership invited member countries to commit to a new set of principles, the Open Data Charter, that lays out specific, comprehensive guidelines for open government data. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-gurin/the-open-data-charter-a-r_b_8391470.html or visit http://www.opengovpartnership.org/
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Follow the European Data Portal on social media
The European Data Portal is active on multiple social media channels. Following us via social media enables you to stay updated on activities taking place on the European Data Portal, as well as receiving interesting Open Data news. We are active on: Twitter: http://twitter.com/EU_DataPortal Google+ : http://plus.google.com/103679408419810180085/about Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EuropeanDataPortal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8428984
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DCAT-AP v1.1 endorsed
At the ISA Committee meeting of the 15th of December 2015, EU Member States endorsed the DCAT Application Profile for Data Portals in Europe (DCAT-AP) version 1.1, released on the 3rd of November 2015. Not only the European Data Portal is implementing the DCAT-AP as the common vocabulary, but numerous other countries including Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland are in the process of implementing DCAT-AP as well. The new version aims at improving the discovery of datasets, ensuring compliance with DCAT, simplicity and application domain neutrality. Read more: https:/
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Switzerland launches new Open Data portal
The Swiss pilot portal was replaced by the new portal https://opendata.swiss/en/ on 2 February. Swiss public authorities are now publishing their data under uniform terms of use. The new portal is part of the Open Government Data Strategy for Switzerland 2014 - 2018, which was approved by the Federal Council in April 2014. Its goal is to publish data from the authorities in Switzerland in machine-readable open formats which can be freely reused. More data owners release their data on the new portal. For example, the Swiss Federal Railways SBB, the Canton of Geneva and the Federal Roads Office
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Two new Italian Open Data initiatives launched
During the Italian Digital Day in Turin, two new Open Data initiatives were launched by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. OpenCantieri is a vizualisation tool that shows information on the implementation of infrastructure projects. The dataset that powers OpenCantieri is already available in open format on the new Open Data portal from the Infrastructure and Transport Ministry. Most Italian Open Data is provided by dati.gov.it, the Italian Open Data Portal. They currently host 10,348 data sets. These can also be reached via the European Data Portal. Read more: (in Italian)
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FIWARE is making cities smarter
From 17 to 19 November 2015, the Smart City Expo World Congress took place in Barcelona. During this congress, the European Commission's Future Internet Public-Private Partnership Programme (FI-PPP) activities were represented. The main outcome of those activities is the platform FIWARE. First of all, FIWARE can make use of the data made available by the European Data Portal for its growing open community of FIWARE developers. Secondly, FIWARE will collaborate with TM Forum, the global industry association for digital business, to speed up the development of new smart city applications
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Happy New Year!
The European Data Portal team wishes all of you the very best for 2016. We especially look forward to 2016 since it will mark the official release of the European Data Portal. Together with you, we have evaluated the Beta version launched in November 2015. Feedback has been taken into account and an updated version of the Portal will be launched in February 2016. false
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Voice your opinion about the data economy by completing this survey
The European Commission would like to draw your attention to a public online survey which will be closing on 30th December 2015. The survey gives you a unique chance to have your voice heard on a range of topics with a direct impact on the future of EU's actions in the field of the data economy. The issues under consultation range from the social and economic role of online platforms to the legal arrangements used in assigning rights to data. Please note that you do not need to answer all the questions: except for the introductory stage, you are free to focus on the thematic block of your
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Open data will be used to grow the food and farming industry
UK Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss revealed plans how the re-use of Open Data can contribute to the farming industry. She encouraged farmers and the food industry to seize the opportunities offered by open data as our population grows towards 9 billion people living on Earth by 2050. Truss was quoted saying: "As our population grows so does the demand on our food sources - I don't see this as a problem, but as a huge opportunity." With the rapidly growing global population, it is essential that farmers, suppliers and consumers have the data they need to make informed choices. Read more
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Flemish government opens up important GRB data sets
The Grootschalig Referentiebestand (GRB) data base contains data regarding buildings, lots, roads, waterways, rail, and public artwork. The data base is maintained and updated by Flemish municipalities using geodesy measurements and satellite photos. It forms the geographical basis which others can use to inoculate their data. The data is now freely available. However, registration is required. This decision is taken to make the data more easily accessible, ideally leading to higher re-use. The Flemish government expects a positive effect on the quality of the data through feedback channels