The document summarizes key discussions from an online group focused on data. [1] The purpose of the group is to discuss how to best exploit data, as it is increasingly viewed as a valuable resource. [2] It provides data on engagement within the group's online platform and discussions. [3] Three challenges are highlighted: opening more data, growing the big data sector, and using language technologies to transform information into usable data. Recommended actions and highlighted quotes are provided for each challenge.

2. Headlines from the group ”Data”
Purpose of this Group “If Data is the new oil, how we can exploit them?”
Key data on online engagement: platform
On platform: 111 members, 46 discussions, 183 comments
Most discussed: Most active:
Open Apps: Open Source released as Open Data 17
Open Data topics of EU-wide relevance 15
Data and the Three/Four/Five Vs 11 Oscar Wijsman
Smart City generates a lot of data. It's a Big Data case. 11
Big Data, Open Data and eHealth in an ecosystem 10
Data should be easy to provide and share by non-ICT-skilled Alberto Ortiz de Zárate
citizens 9
Excellent EC report on eHealth and Open Data 9
A single OpenData license for all EU is a great action to Serafin Olcoz
improve our Open Data sector 8
New educational content for the data society 8
Gianluigi Cuccureddu
Sensor data will explode: trust needed 8
Information buried in garbage 7
Let's create thousands of online jobs for EU-citizens by Stefan Enberg
opening up business register data 7

3. Key data on online engagement: twitter
Most Most active
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4. Wordcloud overall discussion

5. Headlines from the group ”Data”
Purpose of this Group “If Data is the new oil, how we can exploit them?”
Challenges
i. Open (more) Data.
ii.To grow Big Data sector.
iii.Language Technologies as the way to turn information to data.
Highlighted quotes
Jordi Torres @JordiTorresBCN
"Data is more important than ever, but the exponential growth of data has
overwhelmed most company's ability to manage (and monetize it)"

6. Challenge: Open (more) Data
Actions recommended
• In order to have a single European Data Market, we need to harmonize the
OpenData offering. This includes having a single OpenData license (or data
reuse conditions) for all EU, use open formats for open data, use a common
metadata to describe them, and to do an agreement in order to release common
datasets by every public body.
• To do a fully automated access to open company data.
• To promote linked data.
• To publish or release Open Apps into Public Domain following Open Data
mechanisms.
• To bring the (open) data in the educational area.
Highlighted quotes Alberto Ortiz de Zárate @Alorza "The open data policies are useful
in the context of a society that knows how to extract value from data."

7. Challenge: To grow Big Area sector
Actions recommended
• To create an ecosystem of companies dedicated to the capture, storage, search,
sharing, analysis and visualization of big data in a specific area, for instance eHealth.
• To use a common data formats for all organizations involved in the same area.
• To create a data indicator tools in order to know if we can trust them.
• Big Data must be controlled by specific rules according to EU policies.
• To do a balance between protecting user privacy and safeguarding the rights of
enterprises/innovators.
Highlighted quotes
Oscar Wijsman @OscarWijsman
Big data is often related to profiling and commercial use but that is only one side of the coin.

8. Challenge: Language Technologies (LT) as the way to turn information to data
Actions recommended
• To identify scenarios where LT can plug in to support semantic efforts and add an
additional intelligent layer to data.
• To promote a legal clarification of the status of multilingual data on the Web.
• To open more Multilingual Data. Once multilingual data is liberated, its usability goes
far beyond simple "translation“.
Highlighted quotes
Marko Grobelnik @marko_grobelnik
“Cross-lingual technologies are an open opportunity for EU”