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API – Application Programming Interface

An API is an interface that defines how, for example, software applications can ...

Attribution

Attribution means acknowledging the source of data when using or re-publishing ...

Bulk download

Data is available in "bulk" if the entire dataset can be downloaded easily and ...

CC0

CC0 (a Creative Commons License) enables scientists, educators, artists and ...

CKAN

An open-source software platform for creating data portals, built and maintained ...

Creative Commons

A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that ...

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing is a sourcing model in which individuals or organisations obtain ...

CSV

CSV or Comma-separated values, is a standard format for spreadsheet data. Data ...

Data cleaning

Data cleansing or data cleaning is the process of detecting and correcting (or ...

Data portal

A data portal is any online platform which supports users in accessing ...

DCAT, DCAT-AP

DCAT (Data Catalogue Vocabulary) is a standard developed by the W3C organization ...

Five stars of open data

A rating system for open data proposed by Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the World ...

IETF

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open standards organization, ...

IoT, Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) describes a system of ...

Metadata

Information about a dataset such as its title and description, method of ...

ODbL

Open Database Licence, an open licence for data.

Open access

The principle that access to the published papers and other results of research, ...

PDF

PDF, or Portable Document Format, is an open file format used for exchanging ...

Proprietary

Proprietary software is owned by a company which restricts the ways in which it ...

PSI Directive

A directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information that ...

Raw data

Raw data, also known as primary data, are data (e.g., numbers, instrument ...

SDMX

SDMX, which stands for Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange is an ...

Spatial data

Data that is geographic in nature with an implicit or explicit association with ...

Structured data

Structured data is data that adheres to a pre-defined data model and is ...

Tab-separated values

Tab-separated values, or TSV is a standard format for spreadsheet data. As it ...

W3C

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member ...

Wikidata

Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both ...

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a free, collaborative, and multilingual online encyclopedia, ...

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