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You are using an outdated browser. Upgrade your browser today or install Google Chrome Frame to better experience this site. Toggle navigation Project Open Data Edit this Page Definitions Metadata Schema v1.1 Open Data Glossary Data Standards Open Data Principles Open Licenses Guidance Policy - OMB M-13-13 Implementation Guide Data Catalog Requirements FAQ Discuss Resources.data.gov has replaced Project Open Data. On January 14, 2019, the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act ("Evidence Act"), which includes the OPEN Government Data Act, was signed into law. The Evidence Act requires the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Government Information Services, and the General Services Administration to develop and maintain an online repository ( Resources.data.gov ) of tools, best practices, and schema standards to facilitate the adoption of open data practices across the Federal Government. Project Open Data Open Data Policy — Managing Information as an Asset 1. Background Data is a valuable national resource and a strategic asset to the U.S. Government, its partners, and the public. Managing this data as an asset and making it available, discoverable, and usable – in a word, open – not only strengthens our democracy and promotes efficiency and effectiveness in government, but also has the potential to create economic opportunity and improve citizens’ quality of life. For example, when the U.S. Government released weather and GPS data to the public, it fueled an industry that today is valued at tens of billions of dollars per year. Now, weather and mapping tools are ubiquitous and help everyday Americans navigate their lives . The ultimate value of data can often not be predicted. That’s why the U.S. Government released a policy that instructs agencies to manage their data, and information more generally, as an asset from the start and, wherever possible, release it to the public in a way that makes it open, discoverable, and usable. The White House developed Project Open Data – this collection of code, tools, and case studies – to help agencies adopt the Open Data Policy and unlock the potential of government data. Project Open Data will evolve over time as a community resource to facilitate broader adoption of open data practices in government. Anyone – government employees, contractors, developers, the general public – can view and contribute. Learn more about Project Open Data Governance and dive right in and help to build a better world through the power of open data. 2. Definitions This section is a list of definitions and principles used to guide the project. 2-1 Open Data Principles - The set of open data principles. 2-2 Standards, Specifications, and Formats - Standards, specifications, and formats supporting open data objectives. 2-3 Open Data Glossary - The glossary of open data terms. 2-4 Project Open Data Metadata Schema - The schema used to describe datasets, APIs, and published data at agency.gov/data. 3. Implementation Guidance Implementation guidance for open data practices. 3-1 U.S. Government Policy on Open Data - Full text of the memorandum. 3-2 Implementation Guide - Official OMB implementation guidance for each step of implementing the policy. 3-3 Public Data Listing - The specific guidance for publishing the Open Data Catalog at the agency.gov/data page. 3-4 Documenting APIs - The specific guidance for documenting APIs in the data catalogs. 3-5 Open Licenses - Open license guidance and examples. 3-6 Frequently Asked Questions - A growing list of common questions and answers to facilitate adoption of open data projects. 4. Tools This section is a list of ready-to-use solutions or tools that will help agencies jump-start their open efforts. These are real, implementable, coded solutions that were developed to significantly reduce the barrier to implementing open data at your agency. Many of these tools are hosted at Labs.Data.gov and developers are encouraged to contribute improvements to them and contribute other tools which help us implement the spirit of Project Open Data. Data Catalog Tools 4-1 Project Open Data Dashboard - A dashboard to check the status of /data and /data.json at each agency. This also includes a validator. 4-2 Data.json validator - This validator can help you check compliance with the Project Open Data schema. 4-3 Data.json File Merger - Allows the easy combination of multiple data.json files from component agencies or bureaus into one combined file. 4-4 ckanext-datajson - A CKAN extension to generate agency.gov/data.json catalog files. 4-5 Inventory.data.gov - A data management tool to generate and maintain and merge Enterprise Data Inventory and Public Data Listing JSON files. - How to Guide 4-6 DKAN - An open data portal modeled on CKAN . DKAN is a stand alone Drupal distribution that allows anyone to spin up an open data portal in minutes as well as two modules, DKAN Dataset and DKAN Datastore , that can be added to existing Drupal sites to add data portal functionality to an exist Drupal site. 4-7 Datahub.io - A service offered by the Open Knowledge Foundation that allows civic bodies to host data publicly for free. 4-8 Esri Geoportal Server - Open source catalog supporting ISO/FGDC/DC/… metadata with mapping to DCAT to support agency.gov/data.json listings in addition to providing OGC CSW , OAI-PMH and OpenSearch . Supports automated harvesting from other open catalog sources. 4-9 pycsw - Lightweight and flexible open source catalog supporting ISO/FGDC/DC/DIF providing discovery via OGC CSW , OpenSearch / OGC Geo and Time Extensions , OAI-PMH , SRU . Supports automated harvesting of remote metadata, WAFs and OGC Web Services. 4-10 GeoNode - An open source spatial data infrastructure (SDI) that enables federal agencies and other organizations to publish open geographic data in standard open formats . GeoNode uses pycsw to publish standard ISO metadata and to support search/harvest functionality, including automated harvesting from CKAN. Users can easily visualize data online or download data via the web user interface or programmatically. 4-11 US Open Data Institute’s Let Me Get That Data For You - A simple search interface that shows you what public machine-readable data is already live on your website. This tool is useful for ensuring your Public Data Listing is complete. Converter Tools 4-11 Database to API - Dynamically generate RESTful APIs from the contents of a database table. Provides JSON, XML, and HTML. Supports most popular databases. - Hosted 4-12 CSV to API - Dynamically generate RESTful APIs from static CSVs. Provides JSON, XML, and HTML. - Hosted 4-13 JSON-to-CSV Converter - A handy means of converting data.json files to a spreadsheet-friendly format. CSVkit is a command line suite of utilities for converting to and working with CSV. A similar tool can provide basic CSV-to-JSON functionality. 4-14 Libre Information Batch Restructuring Engine - Open data conversion and API tool, created by the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 4-15 ESRI2Open - A tool which converts spatial and non-spatial data form ESRI only formats to the Open Data formats, CSV, JSON, or GeoJSON, making them more a part of the WWW ecology. Engagement Tools 4-16 Kickstart - A WordPress plugin to help agencies kickstart their open data efforts by allowing citizens to browse existing datasets and vote for suggested priorities. Data Tools (Miscellaneous) 4-17 Spatial Search - A RESTful API that allows the user to query geographic entities by latitude and longitude, and extract data. 4-18 PDF Filler - PDF Filler is a RESTful service (API) to aid in the completion of existing PDF-based forms and empower web developers to use browser-based forms and modern web standards to facilitate the collection of information. - Hosted 4-19 API Sandbox - Interactive API documentation systems. 4-20 CFPB Project Qu - The CFPB’s in-progress data publishing platform, created to serve...