Data stories

The Data Governance Act On 25 November 2020, The European Commission published the Data Governance Act (DGA) in response to the public consultation on the European Strategy for Data. The consultation served as a means to gauge stakeholders’ opinions on the data strategy (including open data, data sharing and data spaces), and as input for several planned initiatives around access to, and re-use of...

Since the summer of 2020, the European Data Portal (EDP) team has been summarising the six reports included in the “Sustainability of (Open) Data Portal Infrastructure” as featured highlights. This particular report will focus on the fifth report “ Open Data Portal Assessment Using User-Oriented Metrics”. The report highlights ten different ways in which open data portals can be structured to...

European Member States collaborate and achieve new heights in open data Today, the European Data Portal (EDP) publishes its sixth annual benchmark study: “ Open Data Maturity 2020 Report”, assessing the level of open data maturity across Europe. The report presents the progress achieved by European countries in the promotion of open data publication and re-use, and the different priorities they...

The European Big Data Value Forum (EBDVF) 2020 was held between 3 and 5 November in Berlin, Germany, with a complimentary online broadcast to a wider audience. This annual event is organised by Big Data Value Association (BDVA) in collaboration with the DFKI, Plattform Industrie 4.0, Plattform Lernende Systeme and Berlin Partner. The event brings together industry professionals, business...

Characterising Dataset Search on the European Data Portal: An Analysis of Search Logs In September 2020, the European Data Portal (EDP) published the analytical report “ Characterising Dataset Search on The European Data Portal: An Analysis of Search Logs”. This report is a quantitative study conducted by the University of Southampton as part of the EDP. The study observes two years of EDP search...

Sustainability of (Open) Data Portals Infrastructures reports Over the next months, all six reports included in the ”Sustainability of (Open) Data Portals Infrastructure” will be summarised using featured highlights. This particular article will focus on the fourth report, “Funding Portals: A Business Case Approach to Funding Model Longevity”. The report devises a toolkit based on 3 business cases...