In this column, our Chief Data Officer shares his view on why HTML is not Open Data. In need for an opiniated post? Let’s open the discussion! This is a quick reminder because I’m so sick of scrolling through…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: open data portal
Nope, HTML is not Open Data
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Exclusive: Singapore is making open data a lot easier
New developers portal for real-time data launched. The post Exclusive: Singapore is making open data a lot easier appeared first on GovInsider.
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Greater efficiency, Open Government, Posts from feeds Tagged with: API, developers, Government, GovInsider, Medha Basu, open data, open data portal, open government, Singapore
DKAN Topics feature focus data and reflect citizen interests
Read our full release notes on our public GitHub repo and learn about other new features in the latest release, including DKAN Workflow and DKAN Datastore enhancements. In the latest version of DKAN, we’ve added a feature called Topics. We…
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Top 20 Open Data sources
Data is everywhere, created and used by just about anyone. The days when companies or individuals have to pay significant sums of money to access useful and interesting datasets is long gone. Here is our top 20 list of the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Saving money Tagged with: data portal, Data to Value, open data, open data portal, Zygimantas Jacikevicius
Open Data Portals: News
(This article was originally published at Blog about Stats, and syndicated at StatsBlogs.) There are new or refurbished open data portals to be announced. opendata.swiss Switzerland just published opendata.swiss in a new look for a better presentation of data. See the…
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“Rethinking Open Data Portals” in Civic Technology
What could be subtitled: biting the hand that “fed” me Continue reading on Medium »
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Northern Ireland launches its open data portal
Northern Ireland has officially launched its open data portal, OpenDataNI, the goal of which is to provide a global platform where public services and all governmental agencies can publish data. This CKan-based portal is now accessible through NIDirect, the official…
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NYC clarifies open data policies
Five measures will make the city’s open data portal’s store of information more accessible.
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20 resources for finding and using data in stories
Marianne Bouchart, communications director and Data Journalism Award Manager at the Global Editors Network, shares her list of tools and tips for sourcing data online
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Indianapolis launches open data portal for police incidents
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is now releasing data on officer encounters in a new open data portal. (Wikimedia Commons) In a bid to build trust among its citizens, Indianapolis announced it released information about potentially controversial police incidents in a new open…
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