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open data

Content that can be freely shared by anyone for any purpose. After the Internet became accessible to everyone in the mid-1990s, open data became a major theme due to the ease in which information could be disseminated globally. The vast majority of public information on the Web is open; however, there is a huge amount of information that was copied without permission and published without attribution. See open source and plagiarism.
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The new Center on Civil Justice at NYU Law School is gathering and creating open data on class action lawsuits.
The participants are discussing issues of the open data in healthcare sector.
Astrologo added that the Philippines ranked second in terms of the Open Data Inventory of the Open Data Watch and the World Bank's Statistical Capacity Indicator.
The cybersecurity concept foresees creation of a safe environment for the public sector and population, so that they can use digital solutions, including services and open data. This is security and improvement of digital literacy," he said.
Riyadh al Balushi, one of the jury members, said, 'The sultanate has made good strides in the field of open data and many government agencies have published their data online.
Oman Open Data Competition is an online competition, which allows participants to work virtually while being engaged through workshops as a checkpoint for follow up support.
Catastrophe modeler RMS said it is debuting an open data standard that doesn't require a license, fees or permissions for usage.
The key findings of this year's assessment "Open Data Maturity Report 2018" published by the European Commission on November 19, summarise Europe's maturity levels on four relevant open data dimensions: policy, portal, data quality and impact.
In its latest State of Open Data survey, Figshare revealed that a hefty 64 per cent of respondents made their data openly available in 2018.
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