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Digital-ready Policymaking glossary

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Data are symbols obtained through an encoding process of business information or a legal act.

Reference Doc: Data

A data asset may be a system or application output file, database, document, or web page. A data asset also includes a service that may be provided to access data from an application.

Reference Doc: Data asset

A data catalogueis an organised inventory of data assets in the organisation. It uses metadata to help organizations manage their data. It also helps data professionals collect, organize, access, and enrich metadata to support data discovery and governance.

Reference Doc: What Is Data Catalog?

A Data set is a collection of data, published or curated by a single agent, and available for access or download in one or more formats.

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A data space is a seamless digital area where data providers, users, and intermediaries apply the same standards to the storage and sharing of data so as to make a large pool of data available, combined with the technical tools and infrastructure necessary to use and exchange data, as well as appropriate governance mechanisms.

The Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is a new EU funding programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and public administrations.

Reference Doc: The Digital Europe Programme

Digital Governance ABB is a Business Object assuring the functioning of an Interoperability Framework. These rules include structures, roles, responsibilities, policies, standards, specifications, practices, decision making and operational procedures. 

Policies (and legislative acts) are digital-ready if they enable smooth and digital by default policy implementation through the best use of digital technologies and data.

Reference Doc: Digital-ready Policies

Digital-ready policymaking refers to the process of formulating digital-ready policies and legislation by considering digital aspects from the start of the policy cycle to ensure that they are ready for the digital age, future-proof and interoperable. It also encompasses the use of innovative methodologies and tools (e.g.