Open Data & Open Government promise to change the power dynamics that govern our societies, giving ordinary citizens more and deeper information in real time, along with digital tools for engaging with fellow citizens and with those in positions of power.So, why are so few citizens using either the data ...

On 28 November, 2017, the COAR published the report "Behaviours and Technical Recommendations of the COAR Next Generation Repositories".The report presents the results of the work of this group, including recommendations for the adoption of new technologies, standards, and protocols that will help repositories become more integrated into the web environment ...

For over a decade, OD has been a focus for policymakers, and is considered to be a tremendous resource for Open Government, although is as yet largely untapped (see: Mapping open data governance models: Who makes decisions about government data and how?) ... Only by fostering and applying the evidence about ...

The Pre-Research Data Alliance (RDA) Symposium will be a precursor event to the RDA plenary meeting in Berlin, 21.-23. March 2018DEADLINE for Call for abstracts and other contributions : ! 15 JANUARY  2017 !Proposals should be submitted against one of the symposium themes.  Depending on the theme, either a long paper, discussion of a ...

FAIRsharing.org is a curated, informative and educational resource on data and metadata standards, inter-related to databases and data policies. FAIRsharing built upon the BioSharing registry (see: FAIRsharing timeline) and transformed it into a searchable network of searchable databases, policies, and standards, - those generic (applicable to all disciplines), and ...