[okfn-discuss] Data.gov.uk Launched - and it’s Using CKAN

[Rufus Pollock]

As people on this list may already be aware the UK Government’s public
sector data site launched last week (in a private beta):

<http://blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digitalengagement/post/2009/09/30/Calling-Open-Data-Developers-We-need-your-help.aspx>

This is already good news, but even better is that they are using CKAN
as its backend for storing all their dataset info!

More in the blog post:

<http://blog.okfn.org/2009/10/08/datagovuk-launched-and-its-using-ckan/>

Rufus

PS: though CKAN is being used by data.gov.uk right now, no uk gov
datasets have appeared publicly on http://ckan.net/ itself as the beta
is "closed" - but we expect this to change just as soon as data.gov.uk
goes officially public …