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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Data glossaryFive Stars of Open Data
Five Stars of Open Data
Open data
A rating system for open data proposed by Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the World Wide Web, ranging from basic availability to linked open data.
To score the maximum five stars, data must (1) be available on the Web under an open licence, (2) be in the form of structured data, (3) be in a non-proprietary file format, (4) use URIs as its identifiers (see also RDF), (5) include links to other data sources (see linked data).
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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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