Consultadoslas

Consultadoslas is a hypothetical open data project and knowledge base designed to centralize publicly available records of consultations conducted by governments, courts, and organizations in Spanish-speaking contexts. The name suggests a focus on materials used in decisionmaking processes by public bodies and stakeholders.

The platform would host structured records with metadata fields such as title, issuing body, date, type of consultation, scope, outcome, and access URL, enabling cross-jurisdictional comparisons. It aims to support transparency and research by making it easier to locate and reuse consultation materials.

Data would be contributed by public institutions and, where possible, compiled from official portals. Preferred licenses would include open options such as CC0 or CC BY, with clear attribution requirements. The project would prefer open data formats like JSON-LD, CSV, and RDF to maximize interoperability.

Governance would be community-driven, with maintainers from diverse Spanish-speaking regions, a code of conduct, and routine reviews of data quality. Accessibility and multilingual search features would help users find records by topic, date, jurisdiction, or institution.

Limitations include uneven digitization, variable quality of metadata, and gaps in public access across countries. The article notes that consultadoslas remains a conceptual proposal rather than a live service, with future work focusing on interoperability standards and sustainability.

See also: open data, government transparency, public consultation, regulatory impact assessment.