Data.gov is open source
data.gov
Data.gov is open source
1–10 of 18 posts
Re: Data.gov is open source
#2It's been awhile since I've read through Drupal projects...but how much of this is usuable, extendable modules and how much of it is "Create a database and run the Drupal init script on it"?
Re: Data.gov is open source
#3I typed in "Who is on Obama's kill list?" but it just took me to the What's New? page. Meh.
Re: Data.gov is open source
#4I'm really excited about the possibilities of this. The exact implementation might have it's various flaws but it's an exciting move in the right direction.
Re: Data.gov is open source
#5It should be noted that the software running Data.gov itself has not been made open source. This is a project of the American and Indian governments to produce an open-source version of Data.gov to be shared with other governments.
Here's an open-source government data catalog originally made for the City of Philadelphia, built on Django:
Re: Data.gov is open source
#6The open source product is the Open Government Platform:
http://www.opengovplatform.org/
Another solution is CKAN, maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation, which actually does run data.gov.uk
Re: Data.gov is open source
#7OGPL seems like a confusing acronym for an open source platform.
It is licensed under GPL, though (inherited from Drupal):
https://github.com/opengovplatform/opengovplatform/blob/mast...
Re: Data.gov is open source
#8yikes, and it's Drupal 6.
Re: Data.gov is open source
#9yikes, and it's Drupal 6.
What, instead of 7? Have you used 7?
/if you mean 'yikes, it's Drupal at all', yes.
Re: Data.gov is open source
#10Cool, uses a few modules by my company, Development Seed.