In the beginning, data was closed. Although we have been ‘transporting’ data between different locations, systems and resources since the time of the first databases and personal computers in the ...

open data platforms provide free access and use of data for purposes of transparency, accountability and daily decision making; it is important to ensure that the principles of data rights and access ...

The Overture Maps Foundation, a project to standardize map data, was founded in December 2022 by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom, and is hosted by the Linux Foundation. I talked to Marc Prioleau ...

This article is a part of Every Voice, Every Vote, a collaborative project managed by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism with lead support from the William Penn Foundation, and additional funding ...

The Office of Management and Budget released guidance on the OPEN Government Data Act in the last days of the Biden administration on Wednesday. The law requires agencies to publish open data by ...

Colleges and universities are at a crossroads when it comes to student data. They have more information at their fingertips than ever before, yet harnessing it to drive meaningful change remains a ...

Benjamin is a business consultant, coach, designer, musician, artist, and writer, living in the remote mountains of Vermont. He has 20+ years experience in tech, an educational background in the arts, ...

For creators and users of research data in higher education, government, industry and non-profit sectors. Both in-person events will bring together experts, researchers, and enthusiasts to discuss the ...

IOP Publishing has launched a new, free, open data training course designed to give early career researchers (ECRs) the practical skills and confidence they need to share and manage research data ...

Today, Databricks kicked off its annual Data and AI summit with a long-awaited move: the open sourcing of its three-year-old Unity Catalog platform that provides customers a unified solution for their ...