The reality of making open data available through the platforms of Arab cultural institutions in light of the sustainable development goals

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1 ministry of culture, assiut

2 Department of Libraries, Arachives and Information, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University

3 Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Faculty of Arts - Fayoum University

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The study aimed to determine the characteristics of Arab cultural institutions’ open data platforms and their characteristics in the Arab environment, while monitoring the extent of these platforms’ commitment to the policies and standards of making open data available, to achieve sustainable development, through a comparative analysis of the reality of making open data available across Arab cultural institutions’ platforms in light of the sustainable development goals. The survey method based on the method of description and analysis, and one of its most important results was that there were no statistically significant differences towards the features of open cultural data according to the variable of the nature of the institution, as well as according to the variable of the historical extent of the institution. It also showed that there were statistically significant differences towards the features of open cultural data according to the variable The language of the platform, in favor of monolingual and multilingual platforms in a balanced manner according to the nature of the indicator. It also showed that there is a positive correlation with statistical significance between usage and search and browsing capabilities, and the overall score on the measure of the reality of open cultural data. One of its most important recommendations was the need for the House of Representatives to enact legislation to regulate the publication of And the exchange of open data in general, and open cultural data in particular, to oblige cultural bodies and institutions to make their data available,

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