#OpenData

[…] Linked Open Data: A vision for interlinking and sharing open data On August 17, the Data for Society project organized its 11th Municipal Open-Data Network Meeting. The approximately 90 participants [...]

[…] Bright minds from Germany’s public sector and civil society came together for the third time on June 22 with representatives and experts from the open data movement to discuss how civil society can [...]

[…] The Data Dialogue has existed since last year – and was initiated by the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Data Science Lab. The idea is to collaborate with CorrelAid, a nonprofit network of data enthusiasts, to [...]

[…] In Germany, the term “open data” often refers to open government data: data that public administrators make available free of charge and in machine-readable form for others to use as they like. [...]

[…] Textblock 1 The percentage of communities that view open data as advantageous almost doubled compared to the first municipal survey in 2020. While only 14 percent of respondents two years ago said [...]

[…] Making data available to the public is increasingly being added to the list of tasks public administrators are responsible for. Similar to the barrier-free information available on municipal websites, [...]

[…] Municipal Open-Data Network Together with Difu, the German institute for urban affairs, we’ve initiated a digital, municipal Open-Data Network. The meetings, which take place online, are designed [...]

[…] Hackday in Moers – the event that has proven popular among the open-data community – took place on August 20 and 21 in the town hall in Moers near Duisburg. As in past years, the Data for Society [...]

[…] At the first municipal Open-Data BarCamp on May 11 in Bochum, the approximately 70 representatives of local governments, federal and state ministries, academia and civil society took part in 16 [...]

[…] Data are becoming increasingly important for the public and for policy-making at the local level. The emergence of smart cities and smart regions means that communities can now make more data [...]