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How can I contribute with the Land Book?
You can contribute to the Land Book by sharing datasets / indicators related to land with the Land Portal, so we can include them in the Land Book.
How could I share datasets and indicators to be added in the Land Book?
If you are interested in add datasets and/or indicators to the Land Book, please let us know by using our contact form. If you are unsure whether these datasets or indicators will be of relevance to the Land Portal, be sure to check if your collection corresponds with one or more of the Land Portal's themes or concepts.
What are the benefits of contributing to the Land Book?
- Join an active community working to address land issues at the global and local level
- Expand the dissemination of your work by attracting new visitors from the Land Portal to your site
- Enable the reuse of your content through the Land Portal's Linked Open Data (LOD) interface
What is a dataset?
A dataset is a collection of data, published or curated by a single agent, and available for access or download in one or more formats (Excel, RDF, CSV...).
Currently, we are compiling datasets with data about indicators. The metadata that is is need by dataset is:
- Name
- Description
- ID
- Organization (author of the dataset)
- Related concepts and themes from the LandVoc
What is an indicator?
A (statistical) indicator is the representation of statistical data for a specified time, place or any other relevant characteristic, corrected for at least one dimension (usually size) so as to allow for meaningful comparisons.
The metadata that is is need by indicator is:
- Name
- Description
- ID
- Dataset related
- Max / min possible values
- High/Low (High means it is better to have a high value, low means the best value is the lowest one (like in rankings))
- Measurement unit
- Coded value (yes/no) (The values for this indicator is taken from some controlled term list (could be characters, colors, strings, numbers...))
- Related concepts and themes from the LandVoc
What data itself is needed?
For each indicator, we data itself is as simple as:
- Country (preferred, ISO 3 code)
- Year (YYYY)
- Value
For example, the data for the indicator A should be something like:
| Country | Year | Value |
| AFG | 1990 | 7.5 |
| AFG | 2000 | 8.5 |
| AFG | 2010 | 10 |
| ALB | 1990 | 4.6 |
| ALB | 2010 | 6 |
| BEN | 2000 | 3.1 |
| BEN | 2010 | 8.3 |
In our github, you can find examples of spreadsheets that we have processes to import the data into the Land Book:
I have a land dataset related, how will be the process to include it ?
Well, first drop us a line using our contact form. After that, we will contact you in order to find the easiest and fastest way to include your indicators and datasets in the Land Book.
Technically, the flow will be:
- Read / Understand the data.
- Human pre-process of the data.
- Run an transformation process to generate an RDF file from your data.
- Upload the RDF generate in the Land Portal LOD triple storage (Virtuoso).
What will be the situation of my data at the end?
For each indicator and dataset shared , the Land Book team will publish a specific page, including all the metadata. The metadata of each element may be enriched during the import process.
Also, the indicators will be selectable in the Country pages and the Thematic pages.
And, of course, your data will be Linked Open Data (LOD), and will be available not only for the Land Book, also for other parties, using the capabilities of LOD (such as SPARQL queries).
As default, we license all the data processesd as Open Data Commons Attribution License, that summarizing, it is a license that allows:
- To Share: To copy, distribute and use the database.
- To Create: To produce works from the database.
- To Adapt: To modify, transform and build upon the database.
As long as the person that uses the data:
- Attribute: You must attribute any public use of the database, or works produced from the database, in the manner specified in the license. For any use or redistribution of the database, or works produced from it, you must make clear to others the license of the database and keep intact any notices on the original database.
Do you have more questions? Contact us!
Please contact to the Land Book team here to inquire how to proceed.
About the Land Portal issue portfolios
Our comprehensive collection of issue portfolios covers everything from land conflicts to corruption, food security, gender, climate change, urban and forest tenure, indigenous land rights and much more.
About the Land Portal issue portfolios
The Land Portal seeks to promote a rich, informed and inclusive debate on issues impacting on land and resource governance. Our issue portfolios combine essential background information and balanced perspectives to broaden public understanding of a range of complex and interconnected land issues. The portfolios, which are reviewed by experts and fully referenced, seek to provide a reliable introductory guide for policy makers, land researchers, practitioners and students.
Open Land Contracts
OpenLandContracts.org is an online repository of publicly available contracts for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects. The repository includes the full text of contracts; plain language summaries (also referred to as "annotations") of each contract’s key social, environmental, human rights, fiscal, and operational terms; and tools for searching and comparing contracts.
DLG-Verlag
DLG-Verlag was founded in 1952 as a subsidiary of DLG e.V. (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft - German Agricultural Society) with its headquarter in Frankfurt/ Germany. The publishing company provides expertise for the agricultural and food sector.
With its subsidiaries Max-Eyth-Verlag and DLG-Agrofood Medien GmbH the DLG-Verlag offers books and magazines, as well as catalogs of the DLG's international DLG exhibitions.
Movimiento Regional por la tierra y el territorio
Tradicionalmente el desarrollo rural remite a conceptos como pobreza, expulsión, insatisfacción de necesidades, marginamiento, desnutrición, inviabilidad, insostenibilidad, etc. Es preciso reconocer que esta lectura se ha convertido en un discurso reiterativo y rígido que funcionaliza al desarrollo rural a un tipo de política pública que subestima y relega la vida en el campo.
El Movimiento Regional por la Tierra y el Territorio nace en reacción a estos enfoques y prácticas, proponiendo una renovada mirada de lo rural.
Nicholas K. Tagliarino
The legal data collected for Nicholas Tagliarino's dissertation and posted on Land Book examines whether national expropriation, compensation, and resettlement laws in developing countries are adopting international standards designed to secure tenure rights and ensure responsible land governance. The analysis conducted for this dataset is based on Section 16 of the UN Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure, which establishes standards on expropriation, compensation, and resettlement.
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Licenses on the Land Portal
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Contribute Land Data
How can I contribute data?
You can contribute to the Data section by suggesting land-related datasets and indicators to the Land Portal team by using our contact form.
If you are unsure whether these datasets or indicators will be of relevance to the Land Portal, check if your collection corresponds to one or more of the Land Portal's themes or concepts.
What are the benefits of contributing to the Data section?
- Join an active community working on land issues at the global and local level
- Check constantly the quality of your data with the help of the Land Portal team and community
- Build robust set of metadata, allowing for a wider reuse of the data while always recognizing the original autorship.
- Increase the visibility and the accessibility of your work and attract new visitors for your site from the Land Portal
- Enable the reuse of your content through the Land Portal's Linked Open Data (LOD) interface
What is a dataset?
A dataset is a collection of data, published or curated by a single agent, and available for access or download in one or more formats (Excel, RDF, CSV...).
Currently, we are compiling datasets with data about indicators. The metadata that is is need by dataset is:
- Name
- Description
- ID
- Organization (author of the dataset)
- Related concepts and themes from the LandVoc
What is an indicator?
A (statistical) indicator is the representation of statistical data for a specified time, place or any other relevant characteristic, corrected for at least one dimension (usually size) so as to allow for meaningful comparisons.
The metadata that is is need by indicator is:
- Name
- Description
- ID
- Dataset related
- Max / min possible values
- High/Low (High means it is better to have a high value, low means the best value is the lowest one (like in rankings))
- Measurement unit
- Coded value (yes/no) (The values for this indicator is taken from some controlled term list (could be characters, colors, strings, numbers...))
- Related concepts and themes to topically classify the indicator.
What is an observation?
For each indicator, a single data point is as simple as:
- Country (preferably ISO 3 code)
- Year (YYYY)
- Value
For instance, the data for a generic indicator would look like this:
| Country | Year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| AFG | 1990 | 7.5 |
| AFG | 2000 | 8.5 |
| AFG | 2010 | 10 |
| ALB | 1990 | 4.6 |
| ALB | 2010 | 6 |
| BEN | 2000 | 3.1 |
| BEN | 2010 | 8.3 |
You can enrich the basic Country/Year/Value structure by adding also a field with specific Notes.
In our Github, you can find examples of spreadsheets that we use to process and import the data into the Land Portal:
What are the steps to import new data?
After you have contacted us through the contact form, we will get back to you and in consultation with you, we will determine the most suitable way to include your dataset(s) and indicators in the Land Portal's Data section.
Technically, the workflow for ingestion will follow the following steps:
- Read / Understand the data.
- Human pre-process of the data.
- Run an transformation process to generate an RDF file from your data.
- Upload the RDF generate in the Land Portal LOD triple storage (Virtuoso).
What happens with my data once I've shared it?
For each indicator and dataset that is shared with the Land Portal, the Land Portal's Data team will publish a specific page, including all the metadata. The metadata of each element may be enriched during the import process and can be easily updated over time.
Your indicators can be featured on different sections of the Land Portal, including Country and Issues pages.
Also, your data will become Linked Open Data (LOD), virtually enabling an unlimited range of reuse options - but always with proper attribution and recognition of your work - for both single users and websites.
By default, all data are granted with Open Data Commons Attribution License. In a nutshell, this license allows for:
- Sharing: copy, distribute and use the data.
- Creating: produce works based on the data.
- Adapting: modify, transform and build new contents based on the data.
So after your data is shared on the Land Portal, a user can use your data if s/he makes sure to:
- Attribute: You must attribute any public use of the database, or works produced from the database, in the manner specified in the license. For any use or redistribution of the database, or works produced from it, you must make clear to others the license of the database and keep intact any notices on the original database.
More questions? Contact us!
Please contact to the Land Portal's Data team here to inquire how to proceed.