[ckan-discuss] First post...

Sun May 8 19:18:29 BST 2011

Thanks for the welcomes and all the responses last week, all.

Just one more general question then?

Just to get the idea of the layout of where/how such data software is evolving,
can anyone point to any other "competitors", so to speak, similar in task or
mission to ckan?

I see so much mention of "the cloud" computing lately, much of it seems to
be oriented to ready, "open" access to data, each in their own version, though,
of course, Microsoft, etc etc.

I assume Google is working on this also? I know for example of Freebase which
was started partly by Stefano Mazzocchi which seemed largely about filtering or
reconciling metadata, which was acquired by Google.
http://www.freebase.com/

Could anyone point out to how ckan
would differ (or not) to other software? Perhaps a comparison has already been
done already? Any background would be very helpful.
Again, great week, all...
Daniel Smith
Houston

On 5/4/11, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 4 May 2011 01:37, Daniel Smith <opened.to at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all.
>> First post here. Please be gentle...
>
> Welcome!
>
>> A few questions at first, please?
>>
>> 1. I am from the US, and wondered if there were any instances
>> underway or in planning from the United States?
>> (I went through the list, and at first thought the last one said Open
>> Data Alabama, but upon clearer vision, eyes not what they used to, it
>> said Albania. That was a joke.)
>
> I don't think you need to boot a new CKAN instance for US stuff, just
> use <http://ckan.net/>.
>
> You can always have create a 'group' to list just your datasets (and
> can even lock down editing of 'your' data packages). I think this is a
> lot simpler approach (and one we already use) than booting up an
> entirely new instance. If it turns out an entirely separate instance
> is needed you can always migrate data easily later.
>
> [...]
>
> Rufus
>