Islands of data: cultivating an open data landscape for sustainable development in the Caribbean.
The widespread digitization of information, advances in data processing and the emergence of internet-connected devices have led to a proliferation of data, often loosely referred to as big data. With this digital transformation, offering open data - that is, data freely available for modification a...
| Publicado en: | Pan American Journal of Public Health Vol. 48; pp. 1 - 9 |
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World Health Organization
2024
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