Reusing Open Data in Spain III

Abstract

This study contains the third study of open data reuse with the aim of presenting the state of the question in 2021 and the progress made since the first report, drawn up in 2017. This will allow updated guidelines and recommendations to be made, to help generate business. To this end, the open data portals in Spain in 2021 were identified, and a sample of the datasets available and the services based on them was analysed. A questionnaire was also sent to those responsible for the portals to analyse some of the features of open data and their potential for reuse. Specifically, a diagnosis was conducted of their knowledge of the reuse of their data, of the type of innovation that can be developed with them, of activities to promote data use, of the services generated and of the value created in connection with the reuse of data. The latest version of the MELODA 5 metric was applied to assess the degree of reusability of the open data published on Spanish open data portals. All these diagnostics allowed an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, on the basis of which some reflections have been included to help construct future public policy on data management.