UrbanPy is a python-based tool offered in an open-source fashion as part of the Open Urban Planning Toolbox. It was designed to support urban planning by bringing together specific local data focused on geographic regions defined by municipal authorities, making it useful across various contexts. The tool was developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in … [Read more...] about Open-Source technology and AI-powered Data to strengthen Urban Planning
Actionable Resources
This tag brings together all the articles written in Abierto al Público that contain actionable resources, which means that the readers will be able to use the content of the article and/or the tools that are shared in it at any time and without any intervention or outside help.
The Publication Station: Korea-LAC cooperation, digital inclusion policies, and gender discrimination
3 minutos de lectura. Welcome to The Publication Station, a worthwhile stop on your knowledge journey, where you will find a compilation of IDB Publications available in English, covering a range of topics germane to social and economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This recurring series has a Spanish language counterpart, El Rincón de Publicación that is … [Read more...] about The Publication Station: Korea-LAC cooperation, digital inclusion policies, and gender discrimination
Open Knowledge Maps: A visual interface to the world‘s scientific knowledge
5 min. read. In today’s world, we face many challenges such as climate change, the spread of infectious diseases, and global inequality. If we want to effectively tackle these complex issues, we need to be able to discover relevant research and to build on each other’s knowledge. But this much-needed collaboration is currently at stake due to a crisis in discoverability. … [Read more...] about Open Knowledge Maps: A visual interface to the world‘s scientific knowledge
An Open Knowledge Maturity Model: 5 Essential Facets to Guide You to the Next Level
6 min. read. This article presents a proposal for an Open Knowledge Maturity Model to help navigate the criteria, challenges and decisions needed to effectively leverage an organization’s external knowledge sources and share internal knowledge at scale. In general, a maturity model can be very helpful in guiding the actions or an organization, government, or company towards … [Read more...] about An Open Knowledge Maturity Model: 5 Essential Facets to Guide You to the Next Level
Applying topic modeling to knowledge management online
How topic modeling helped us restructure the blog Abierto al Público and increase our search visibility When it comes to knowledge management, and in the case of open knowledge in particular, the main challenge is arguably no longer about a lack of information. For those with access to it, the Internet has the potential to connect us … [Read more...] about Applying topic modeling to knowledge management online