[okfn-labs] Bad Data: real-world examples of how *not* to do data

[Rufus Pollock]

Hi All,

I wanted to flag a new mini-project:

http://okfnlabs.org/bad-data/

The idea of "Bad Data" is to provide real-world examples of how *not* to
publish data. It showcases the poorly structured, the mis-formatted, and
the just plain ugly.

This is less about being critical and more about educating - by providing
examples of how not to do something we can help show how to do it right.

Here are a couple of the examples already up there:

   - A poorly structured CSV on tube usage from London
Datastore<http://okfnlabs.org/bad-data/ex/tfl-passenger-numbers/>
   - An ASCII spreadsheet (with merge cells!) from US Bureau of Labor
   Statistics <http://okfnlabs.org/bad-data/ex/bls-us-employment/>

*New examples are very welcome*, instructions on how to submit them here:
http://okfnlabs.org/bad-data/add/

Rufus
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