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Government Data – An Introduction

Government Data - An Introduction

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Digitally created government data

Government data in the form of digitally created data comes from IT systems that public authorities have used in connection with their case processing.

Since the early 1970s, the Danish National Archives has received copies of data eligible for preservation from IT systems and research projects from the entire public administration as well as private companies and organisations.

What do they contain

Government data includes registries, accounting systems and electronic document management (EDM) systems.

The EDM systems contain data on the correspondence, general administration, casework, etc. of public authorities.

Government data is submitted to the Danish National Archives in archive versions. This allows you to view copies of the data, but not the actual system in which the data was created.

Search for digitally created data

You can search through metadata for digitally created data (administrative and research data), download freely available datasets and apply for access to data that is not readily available.