Infographics: Guidelines for publication and reuse
Fecha del documento: 29-11-2022
In this article we compile a series of infographics aimed at both publishers and reusers working with open data. They show standards and good practices to facilitate both the publication and the processing of data.
1. Guide for the deployment of data portals. Good practices and recommendations
Published: april 2025
This infographic summarizes best practices and recommendations for designing, developing and deploying open data portals at the municipal level. Specifically, it includes: strategic framework, general requirements and technical and functional guidelines.
2. Data Act (DA)
Published: February 2024
The Data Act is a European Union regulation to facilitate data accessibility in a horizontal way. In other words, it establishes principles and guidelines for all sectors, emphasizing fair access to data, user rights and the protection of personal data. Find out what its keys are in this infographic.
A one-page version has also been created for easy printing: click here.
3. Data Governance Act (DGA)
Published: January 2024
The European Data Governance Act (DGA) is a horizontal instrument to regulate the reuse of data and promote its exchange under the principles and values of the European Union (EU). Find out what are its keys in this infographic.
A one-page version has also been created to make printing easier: click here.
4. How to create an action plan to drive openness and reuse of open data
Published: November 2022
This infographic shows the different elements that should be included in a Plan of measures to promote openness and reuse of open data. The aim is that the units responsible for openness can draw up a feasible roadmap for open data, which also allows for its monitoring and evaluation.
5. 8 guides to improve data publication and processing
Published: October 2022
At datos.gob.es we have prepared different guides to help publishers and reusers when preparing data for publication and/or analysis. In this infographic we summarise the content of eight of them.
6. General guidelines for quality assurance of open data
Published: September 2022
This infographic details general guidelines for ensuring the quality of open data, such as using standardised character encoding, avoiding duplicate records or incorporating variables with geographic information.
7. Guidelines for quality assurance using specific data formats
Published: September 2022
This infographic provides specific guidelines for ensuring the quality of open data according to the data format used. Specific guidelines have been included for CSV, XML, JSON, RDF and APIs.
8. Technical standards for good data governance
Published: May 2022
This infographic shows the standards to be taken into account for proper data governance, according to the Spanish Association for Standardisation (UNE). These standards are based on 4 principles: Governance, Management, Quality and Security and data privacy.
9. APIs for open data access
Published: January 2022
Many open data portals in Spain already have their own APIs to facilitate access to data and metadata. This infographic shows some examples at national, regional and local level, including information about the datos.gob.es API..
