- anonymisation
means the process of changing documents into anonymous documents which do not relate to an identified or identifiable natural person, or the process of rendering personal data anonymous in such a manner that the data subject is not or no longer identifiable;
- bodies governed by public law
means bodies that have all of the following characteristics:
- document
means:
- dynamic data
means documents in a digital form, subject to frequent or real-time updates, in particular because of their volatility or rapid obsolescence;
- formal open standard
means a standard which has been laid down in written form, detailing specifications for the requirements on how to ensure software interoperability;
- high-value datasets
means documents the re-use of which is associated with important benefits for society, the environment and the economy, in particular because of their suitability for the creation of value-added services, applications and new, high-quality and decent jobs, and of the number of potential beneficiaries of the value-added services and applications based on those datasets;
- intellectual property rights
refers to copyright and related rights only, including sui generis forms of protection.
- machine-readable format
means a file format structured so that software applications can easily identify, recognise and extract specific data, including individual statements of fact, and their internal structure;
- open format
means a file format that is platform-independent and made available to the public without any restriction that impedes the re-use of documents;
- personal data
means personal data as defined in point (1) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
- public sector body
means the State, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law;
- public undertaking
means any undertaking active in the areas set out in point (b) of Article 1(1) over which the public sector bodies may exercise directly or indirectly a dominant influence by virtue of their ownership of it, their financial participation therein, or the rules which govern it.
- re-use
means the use by persons or legal entities of documents held by:
- reasonable return on investment
means a percentage of the overall charge, in addition to that needed to recover the eligible costs, not exceeding 5 percentage points above the fixed interest rate of the ECB;
- research data
means documents in a digital form, other than scientific publications, which are collected or produced in the course of scientific research activities and are used as evidence in the research process, or are commonly accepted in the research community as necessary to validate research findings and results;
- standard licence
means a set of predefined re-use conditions in a digital format, preferably compatible with standardised public licences available online;
- third party
means any natural or legal person other than a public sector body or a public undertaking that holds the data.
- university
means any public sector body that provides post-secondary-school higher education leading to academic degrees;