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Open Data Editor

The Open Data Editor (ODE) is a free, open-source tool designed to help nonprofits, data journalists, activists, and public servants detect errors in their datasets. It is designed for people working with tabular data (Excel, Google Sheets, CSV) who don’t know how to code or don’t have programming skills.

Posted byby OKFN
April 28, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: 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.

Posted byby OKFN
April 21, 2025

[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.

Posted byby OKFN
April 14, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: 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.

Posted byby Romina Colman
March 25, 2025

Open Data Editor AI integration: breaking the input-output logic

This post discusses our approach to integrating AI into the Open Data Editor. To ensure thoughtful AI integration, we are emphasising the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, user feedback, and ethical considerations rather than just technical implementation.

Posted byby OKFN
March 13, 2025

Meet the organisations selected to pilot the Open Data Editor (1st cohort)

ODE in action: A new cohort of pilot organisations will start integrating the application in their work in March on issues as varied as environmental justice, health, peace, and public sector data.

Posted byby OKFN
January 29, 2025

[Call for Organisations] Working with data but don’t know coding? The Open Data Editor pilot is for you

We are inviting organisations from any geography and any area of expertise to express interest in participating in a four-month funded pilot to learn how to integrate Open Data Editor into their work.

Posted byby OKFN
January 24, 2025

A new round of strategic funding to enhance data literacy and accessibility through the Open Data Editor

We are pleased to announce that the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) has been selected as a grantee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation for the second year in a row to continue working on improving the Open Data Editor (ODE) application, making it more accessible and widely used by organisations around the world, and increasing data literacy in key communities.

Posted byby Madelon Hulsebos
January 6, 2025

Open Data Editor: How and why we are integrating AI into the app

How can AI help non-technical users validate and improve the quality of their data in the Open Data Editor, taking into account transparency, privacy, and functionality?

Posted byby Nikesh Balami
December 23, 2024

Making Data Work Easier: Highlights from the Global Voices Summit 2024

How often do you interact with data in your daily tasks? For many of us, working with data has become a regular part of our professional and personal lives. But, do you have the coding skills needed to clean and prepare data for deeper analysis? The Open Data Editor is here to help.

Posted byby OKFN
December 10, 2024

Open Data Editor: learnings from the user testing sessions

Here is a short text explaining how we tested the Open Data Editor before its official stable release and what we learned from the process.

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