Open Data

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Open data

Eurovoc reference

c_5ea6e5c4 Open data

Related concepts

• Dissemination of information
• Selective dissemination of information

Alternative Concepts

• Open government data
• Public open data

Definition

Practice of publishing (raw) data in a way that is accessible, reusable, machine readable and licensed permissively. Can be generated by a wide range of parties, including public authorities, the semi-public sector, businesses and the public. Source: Publications Office (2016). EU open data: the basics for EU data providers. Available at: <a href=

Other Languages

• Spanish: Datos abiertos
• French: Données ouvertes
• German: Offene Daten
• Italian: Dati aperti
• Portuguese: Dados abertos
• Polish: Otwarte dane

Properties and Values of Open data

• URI https://en.legalthesaurus.org/open-data/
• skos:Concept: https://en.legalthesaurus.org/open-data/

Preferred lexical labels

• skos:prefLabel: Open data (en) (USE)
• Term in other languages: see above

Generic concepts

• skos:broader: See above (GT)
• skos:hasTopConcept: See above (Areas)

Specific concepts

• skos:narrower: See the specific concepts above (ST)

Related concepts

• skos:related: see the associative relationships above (RT)
• skos:related: related (other related concepts)

Alternative lexical labels

• skos:altLabel: see the alternative concepts above (UF)
• skos:altLabel: synonym (S)
• skos:altLabel: look up Open data abbreviations and acronyms (A)

Documentation notes

• skos:scopeNote: this concept on Open data defines the activities of Open data (en)
• skos:editorialNote: Editorial Note on Open data (EN)
• skos:notation: Notation on Open data: see reference Eurovoc (N)
• skos:definition: Open data definition:
• skos:example: example of Open data usage:

Thematic indexing

• dct:subject: https://lawin.org/open-data/
• Definitions: See the meaning(s) of Open data
• Search the digital platform (S)

Other general information

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