Tag: Open Data

Abstract: Open transport data enables innovation by offering a vast amount of information for developers, researchers, urban planners, and entrepreneurs to create new applications, services, and business models. However, the lack of specific guidelines for making data “open” has led to the exis...

Abstract: Open data is data that can be used, modified, and passed on, for free, similar to open-source software. Unlike open-source, however, there is little collaboration in open data engineering. We perform a systematic literature review of collaboration systems in open data, specifically for da...

Abstract: Nowadays a variety of systems generate and handle more and more data. This data is often presented in different formats and has to be retrieved from various locations. The Open Data Service (ODS) presents a system to conquer those tasks. The ODS allows the definition of data manipulation ...

Abstract: Since mid 2017 the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) has been obligated to provide its weather data to the public for free. However, anyone who wants to access it needs to click through a file system hoping to still be on the right path to the desired weather data. Due to confusing folder names...

Abstract: "A world in which consuming open data is easy and safe.“ This is the vision of the JValue Open Data Service (ODS) that aims to bundle finding the right open data, using and combining it into an easy and intuitive process. The daily life of developers should be free from hardships, like wri...

Abstract: Open Data has a huge potential, but due to its often poor quality and inconsistency most of this data can’t be used, at least not without a lot of effort. Here the Open Data Service is bringing remedy, because this tool can homogenize such data structures. Still, because the data has ...

Abstract: Public institutions produce large amounts of publicly available data. Still, due to its poor quality and inconsistent structure, the potential of this data remains unused for the most part. The JValue Open Data Service was established to enhance the quality of this data and give it a stand...