121 proposals later, discover who our 12 finalists are for EU Datathon 2020! This year’s EU Datathon adventure started in February with the call to data enthusiasts worldwide to propose ideas for applications using open data from the EU institutions, agencies and bodies. The deadline for proposals was early May. The preselection jury had 121 proposals to select, the biggest number of entries since the first EU Datathon took place in 2017. These proposals were aimed to address four Challenges of the European Commission, and invited participants to develop apps to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic…

Standard Business Reporting (SBR) provides governments and businesses with an unequivocal, cost-effective, secure and adaptable method for the exchange of business information between organisations in a reporting chain based on open standards. In 2009 Standard Business Reporting (SBR) was effectively launched, covering innovative public-private governance councils, working groups. In cooperation with representative bodies of businesses, intermediaries and several ministries, the XBRL standard could now be phased in as the standard for cross domain government reporting. Instead of bringing…

SuiteCRM is an open source alternative to Salesforce, Dynamics and other proprietary CRM applications. SuiteCRM is a complete suite of integrated functional modules that deliver Sales, Marketing and Service functions for the public and private sector. SuiteCRM is used by NHS England in the public sector and by some of the world's largest corporations in the private sector. The SuiteCRM project engages commercially with organisations for bespoke enhancements to the core application and the revenue from these projects funds the continual development of the core project. The SuiteCRM is…

GPC classifies products by grouping them into categories based on their essential properties as well as their relationships to other products. GPC offers a universal set of standards for everything from a car to a litre of milk. How GPC works>

The GS1 XML Business Message Standards, used by GS1 for eCom - Electronic Data Interchange. More informaton about GS1 for eCom - Electronic Data Interchange can be found on joinup under the asset 'eCom - Electronic Data Interchange'.

EANCOM® is a GS1 subset of the UN/EDIFACT standard (United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport), which comprises a set of internationally agreed standards, directories and guidelines for the electronic interchange of data.

The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (https://grass.osgeo.org/), commonly referred to as GRASS GIS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System providing powerful raster, vector and geospatial processing capabilities in a single integrated software suite. GRASS GIS includes tools for spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector data, management and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to produce sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS GIS has been translated into about…

The Danish United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC®) is working towards a common classification system in Denmark.