[Announcement] Open Data Editor 1.4.0 version release

The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) is happy to announce the release of Open Data Editor (ODE) 1.4.0, the latest version of our new desktop application for data practitioners to detect errors in tables.

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Patricio Del Boca: ‘What we need is concrete tech for the people who need it, and nothing else’

The Open Knowledge Foundation’s new Tech Lead joins us for the fourteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the current challenges and the paths of action of the open movement.

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Open Data Editor Use Case: A giant spreadsheet of environmental data now accurate for analysis

The Demography Project was able to streamline its work with air quality data in Kenya, significantly reduce the time needed to identify and correct errors, and train the team to work with open data.

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🇲🇽 Open Data Day 2025 in Xalapa: The Role of Open Data in Policy, Climate, and Social Change

#ODDStories – An event at Universidad Veracruzana brought together teachers and researchers from different fields to discuss open data and new technologies to face the polycrisis.

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Open Knowledge joins the OFA Symposium 2025 as content partner to amplify its vision and drive impact

The OpenForum Academy (OFA) is pleased to announce its roster of Content Partners for the upcoming OFA Symposium 2025. This year’s Symposium will benefit from the perspectives and expertise of three leading organisations in this space as Content Partners: the Open Knowledge Foundation, the Open Source Initiative, and the Digital Public Goods Alliance.

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Open Data Editor Use Case: Multiple defence spending data sources in a single quality spreadsheet

The Observatoire des armements was able to streamline its work with statistics on arms purchases and sales in France, significantly reduce the time needed to identify and correct errors, and train the team to work with open data.

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🇬🇭 Open Data Day 2025 in Komenda: How Participatory Mapping Shapes Coastal Safety

#ODDStories – In celebration of Open Data Day 2025, UCC Youth Mappers promoted a hands-on experience to emphasise the importance of community involvement in mapping projects.

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Frictionless Summit: Review the recording and learn about the next steps for Frictionless Data

Following The Tech We Want vision, the community agreed to follow up on the two macro-topics: one for software simplification and core functionalities, and one for outreach and adoption.

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🇮🇩 Open Data Day 2025 in Pari Island: Collaborating for Climate Justice through Coral Watch

#ODDStories – In celebration of Open Data Day 2025, Yapeka joined the local community in investigating the impacts of reclamation on coral reefs using publicly accessible remote sensing data.

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Why I am dedicating time to the CSTD Working Group on Data Governance and the 2025-2026 UN Working Group on Safeguards for Digital Public Infrastructure

Renata Ávila, CEO of OKFN: “I will suggest the ‘open by design’ principle for datasets and systems becoming the backbone of our future, highly digitised societies. If designed with opacity, without meaningful participation and accountability, these risk entrenching exclusion, corruption and control.”

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Announcing our new course: Quality and Consistent Data with the Open Data Editor

Part of our goal in developing the Open Data Editor (ODE) this year is to increase digital literacy among key communities. We’re thrilled to introduce our latest learning resource: a free, hands-on course designed to help non-technical users improve their data skills.

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