Open data practices in African research institutions will be bolstered thanks to a new online course for librarians to coincide with International Open Access Week (21-27 October 2024). The Open Data ...

If you're having trouble opening a DAT file, I'll show you a simple and free way to do it. This method works on both Mac and PC. Just open your browser and go to winmaildat.com. It's a straightforward ...

There are loads of file types swimming around our computers at any given time — most of which exist to supplement the programs we use or play (or allow them to function in the first place). The most ...

These days, the vast majority of state and local governments have implemented some kind of open data system to share government data resources with developers and the public at large. But what data ...

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 “Open Data for Data Users” e-learning course is designed to provide a broad overview of Open Data from a user standpoint, and empower anyone to take full advantage of Open Data. Open Data is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Acceldata has launched an open-source option for its data observability platform. Learn what this means and how it works here. Image: conceptcafe/Adobe Stock Acceldata has announced the release of a ...