The public information becomes available

Recently, something strange happens. So do not get on the conference, which is very interesting to me, and where even going to speak, then flew past the cashier with a good party in a circle of old friends. In general, it even seems that life passes by, until you delve into the archival documents and printouts kospektov preparing the end of the Magistracy. Well, anyway, not long left, I think, soon I'll come back to life, because she literally rages around!

Here, for example, not sure if I wrote it or not, the Americans a few months ago launched a revolutionary project Data.gov, whose goal is to provide state-level open access to any information produced by the U.S. executive branch. And that hundreds of agencies! And like "rassharivanie" information in the United States now not only encouraged, but even I would say - this is gently insist on the presidential level.

Dataset sorted by subject areas and institutions that have full-text search in the descriptions of datasets. A description of these so ischepyvayuschie that just want to take and just eat everything that is laid out - to turn it into graphs, charts and graphs, animate, and make more transparent! Well, for this site is intended. And most importantly - the authors ask us to you to take part in its filling. Of course, you can not upload your dataset, but it can offer it for inclusion in the database.

And what of Russia? Is Russia's government does not yet launched such an initiative? Strangely, no, but that does not mean that such resources at the eastern neighbor Belarus. We meet - OpenGovData.Ru: "The State and its information". The project, as far as I know, has no relation to state structures, supported by Ivan Begtinym, author of excellent blogs for information.

What we have here? First, an explanation of what exactly is open data. This structured databases, registries and other information files collected from data sources provide information to public authorities and published in open access in a uniform format suitable for subsequent computer processing.

Publication of such data site and deals. Information is classified by type of source and the organization, it creates. In the dataset presented in various formats, there are detailed descriptions. If the dataset is located on the outside, it is described, and it provides a hyperlink. Using this interface is convenient and pleasant.

The only advice he wants to give the authors of the resource - is set in the configuration file Django DEBUG = False, but it is very ugly 404 page obtained:)

Well, you downloaded a research work? See, learn, visualize. Perhaps, in the soulless arrays you can find evidence of global conspiracy!

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   16/06/2009 at 10:00 pm

   Django DEBUG = False - Geta dakladna! :)

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