New Open data hub from OKFN Greece
Opening up public sector data is becoming a top priority for governments throughout Europe and North America. We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Greek open data…
US government to release open data using OKF’s CKAN platform
You may have seen hints of it before, but the US government data portal, data.gov, has just announced officially that its next iteration – “data.gov 2.0” – will incorporate CKAN,…
Building a data portal with CKAN
A while ago, Augusto Hermann wrote on this blog about a unique civic engagement project: the participatory process of building a government data portal in Brazil. The site, dados.gov.br, is…
UK Government Releases Open Data White Paper and new Data.Gov.UK
Today, the UK govenrment made a major announcement regarding Open Data and released a revamped Data.Gov.UK — its flagship open data site. Open Data White Paper The Cabinet Office is…
Opening up scientific data with CKAN and the DataHub
The argument for open-access science has been won. The old model of scientific publishing was laid down when the costs of publishing were so great that charging for access was…
Data Catalog Schema and Protocol – Draft Specification
Open Data is an idea that continues to gain momentum, and one of the signs of this is that the world has more and more data catalogs. This is great…
OpenSpending and CityData Project Films: Introducing Our Nominated Projects at the Rio Cities Summit
Next week Rio de Janeiro will invite local governments, companies and experts, to a global summit in service innovation for cities. The event will focus on green and clean development,…
The Open Data Cities Conference
Brighton was buzzing with wise, whacky and innovative ideas for Open Data on Friday – even more than usual – as about 150 people converged on the city for the…
Introducing the DataStore
A major new feature in the DataHub is good news for data wranglers. The DataStore allows users to store and load structured data into a database, where it can be…
LOD2 plenary, Vienna, 21-3 March 2012
I am in Vienna, along with my colleague Ira, for a plenary meeting of the assorted partners of the LOD2 project. LOD2 is an EU-funded research project on Linked Open…