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The development of open data requires a better reusability of data. Indeed, the catalogs listing data dispersed in different countries have a crucial role. However, the degree of openness is also a key success factor for open data. In this paper, we study the PublicData.eu catalogue, which allows accessing open datasets from European countries and analyse the metadata recorded for each dataset. The objectives are to (i) identify the quality of a sample of metadata properties, which are critical to enable data reuse and to (ii) study the stated level of data openness. The study uses the Tim Berners-Lee’s five star evaluation scale.
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Martin, S., Foulonneau, M., Turki, S. (2013). 1-5 Stars: Metadata on the Openness Level of Open Data Sets in Europe. In: Garoufallou, E., Greenberg, J. (eds) Metadata and Semantics Research. MTSR 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 390. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03437-9_24
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