[open-government] [ckan-discuss] Release of DataCatalogs.org to map open data around the world

Fri Jul 1 17:16:48 UTC 2011

I'm really excited about datacatalogs.org and glad to see it looking so
polished.

I've been trying to maintain a list of data catalog aggregators (sites like
datacatalogs.org) which could perhaps be used to build a checklist of the
people we can get in touch with to help consolidate at datacatalogs.org or
to set up a scrapper or a notification mechanism to see when they are
updated.

http://wiki.civiccommons.org/Initiatives#Open_Government_Data_Catalog_Aggregators

One valid argument that I think many will present against exclusively
consolidating at datacatalogs.org is the limited means by which listings are
organized and displayed at datacatalogs.org. The lack of a map was
mentioned, but I don't think that is nearly as important as providing a
simple way of grouping and therefore browsing using an intuitive and
consistent hierarchy or taxonomy rather than solely relying on search and
adhoc tagging.

Perhaps this can be done by trying to better enforce a consistent identifier
for Spatial Coverage, either by using a predefined directory or API which
provides such things or attempting to automatically geocode the input using
free APIs, even perhaps hosting a GeoDict install:
http://www.datasciencetoolkit.org/developerdocs#geodict

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 6:15 PM, John Glover <john.glover at okfn.org> wrote:

> Great stuff Martin, we should be able to integrate that under
> datacatalogs.org, I'll double check with Jonathan and get back to you.
>
>
> John
>
> On 1 July 2011 13:00, Martin Alvarez-Espinar
> <martin.alvarez at fundacionctic.org> wrote:
> > Hello Jonathan,
> >
> > We're going to adapt our faceted browser [1] to the new repository
> > (datacatalogs.org). May it be integrated under datacatalogs.org or just
> > linked from the website?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > [1] http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/faceted/
> >
> > On 30/06/11 10:45, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> We’re very pleased to announce an alpha version of datacatalogs.org, a
> >> website to help keep track of open data catalogues from around the
> >> world. The project is being launched to coincide with our annual
> >> conference, OKCon 2011 [1]. You can see the site here:
> >>
> >>   http://datacatalogs.org/
> >>
> >> Further information about the launch (including a press release) is
> >> available here:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2011/06/30/release-of-datacatalogs-org-to-map-open-data-around-the-world/
> >>
> >> We'd be *very* grateful for any help in blogging, tweeting, and
> >> passing this on to friends and colleagues. We want to make this into a
> >> comprehensive list of open data catalogues from around the world.
> >>
> >> All the best from Berlin,
> >>
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >> [1] http://okcon.org/2011
> >>
> >
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