[okfn-labs] ANN: http://data.okfn.org/ - Frictionless Data - Making it as simple as possible to get the data you want into the tool of your choice

Wed Apr 24 14:18:11 UTC 2013

Congrats on the nice explainers for the various components! I am wondering
though whether most of this shouldn't go to dataprotocols.org?

The way it's set up now, data.okfn.org serves three distinct purposes, two
of which relate to process (tools and standards), while the third (the
actual data) is about the contents - i.e. its a very different discussion.
I feel like there's a natural tendency for any process debate ("can this be
GeoJSON, too?") to drown out the content debate ("which data are we missing
here?").

That, of course, doesn't mean that data.okfn.org shouldn't serve as a
testing ground for the process established on dataprotocols.org.

Cheers,

 - Friedrich

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Today sees the alpha launch of a new Labs initiative:
> http://data.okfn.org/ (source code <https://github.com/okfn/data.okfn.org>).
> Its goal is to make it as *simple as possible* to get the *data you want*into the
> *tool of your choice*. More details in the full blog post:
>
>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2013/04/24/frictionless-data-making-it-radically-easier-to-get-stuff-done-with-data/
>
> In many ways this is simply a distillation of work ongoing here for some
> time - many of the components have been discussed here and more widely for
> a while (some parts of this go back years to the original plans for CKAN!),
> and the project already reflects contributions from many people.
>
> It brings together 3 different complementary areas:
>
> - "Standards <http://data.okfn.org/standards>": A few select standards
> focused on tabular data (specifically Data Package and Simple Data Format).
> Standards give us a common structure which is essential to tooling and
> integration.
>
> - Tooling and plugins <http://data.okfn.org/tools>: integrate into
> existing tooling and workflows. This work is at the earliest stage and the
> area where greatest help is needed<https://github.com/okfn/data.okfn.org/issues?labels=Tools&state=open>
>
>
> - Data <http://data.okfn.org/data> - key datasets prepared, curated,
> quality-checked and packaged ready to download or access (this also
> introduces the pattern we've developing for a while of storing the datasets
> on github <http://github.com/datasets>)
>
> This is all at a really *early *stage and there's much to be done -
> there's load to be done from adding datasets<http://data.okfn.org/about/contribute> to
> developing tools<https://github.com/okfn/data.okfn.org/issues?labels=Tools&page=1&state=open>,
> to doing outreach.
>
> It would also be great to get people's thoughts and feedback on what's
> there so far.
>
> All the best,
>
> Rufus
>
> PS: if anyone is looking for source code for the data.okfn.org its at
> http://github.com/okfn/data.okfn.org
>
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