Colombian Government Classified and Reserved Information Inventory, 2021-2025

Colombia's inventory of information generated, obtained, or controlled by a public entity that has been classified as confidential or reserved. The dataset includes a 'VIGENCIA ACTUALIZACIÓN' field identifying the year assets were recorded from 2021 to 2025. It is published on the datos.gov.co platform via Socrata and was last updated on May 26, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of information classification types (EXCEPCIÓN TOTAL O PARCIAL) and their legal justifications (FUNDAMENTO JURÍDICO, FUNDAMENTO CONSTITUCIONAL O LEGAL).
• Tracking the duration and responsible parties for classified information using PLAZO DE LA CLASIFICACIÓN O RESERVA, NOMBRE DEL RESPONSABLE DE LA PRODUCCIÓN, and NOMBRE DEL RESPONSABLE DE LA INFORMACIÓN.
• Studying the legitimate objectives (OBJETIVO LEGÍTIMO DE LA EXCEPCIÓN) and storage methods (MEDIO DE CONSERVACIÓN Y/O SOPORTE) for sensitive government records.
• Monitoring the annual update cycle and language of records (VIGENCIA ACTUALZIACION, IDIOMA) to assess administrative processes.

Strengths

• Includes a defined temporal coverage field (VIGENCIA ACTUALZIACION) for records from 2021 to 2025.
• Provides multiple legal and administrative metadata columns (13 total) for detailed compliance analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely an official administrative inventory compiled by a public entity.

Time Range

Records identified from 2021 to 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 20:03:39; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia