Data science
Anonymization
Data anonymization is a type of process to remove sensitive information to protect the identity of individuals in datasets.
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CC0
Open data
CC0 (a Creative Commons License) enables scientists, educators, artists and other creators to waive their copyright and place their works in the public domain.
CC0 (a Creative Commons License) enables scientists, educators, artists and other creators and owners of copyright- or database-protected content to waive those interests in their works ("No Rights Reserved") and thereby place them as completely as possible in the public domain, so that others may freely build upon, enhance and reuse the works for any purposes without restriction under copyright or database law.
In practice
The Metropolitan Museum of Art shares all its public domain images under the CC0 license.
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Technology
API – Application Programming Interface
An API is an interface that defines how, for example, software applications can communicate with each other. APIs allow different software systems to interact and share data.
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Open data
Attribution
Attribution means acknowledging the source of data when using or re-publishing it, giving proper credit to the original creators or providers.
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