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What data is and how to use it, in its various forms, to inform the design and running of a service.
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
How to access and use the coal mining information for England, Scotland and Wales held in the national coal mining database.
The National Data Strategy (NDS) is an ambitious, pro-growth strategy that drives the UK in building a world-leading data economy while ensuring public trust in data use.
An explanation of how UKHSA processes your personal data when you apply to access it for secondary purposes
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Add metadata to data you are publishing so search engines can find the data you’ve published and display structured results for users.
Explains what local authorities should do before publishing their data.
Download and use Natural England's maps and data on the natural environment.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
How to use an interrupted time series to evaluate your digital health product.
Resources, tools and guidance to help you manage and share your geospatial data and/or data in a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) way.
When publishing your developer contributions data, follow this guidance on how to format, label and publish the data.
Information about how local authorities use open data to stimulate growth and innovation, save costs and develop more sustainable transport.
Use a reference architecture to develop a public sector organisation’s technology and how it shares data across government.
Design, build and operate APIs in a consistent way
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