Finding what you need in the landscape of data can sometimes feel like a daunting task. But what if there was a way to make all that data more easily discoverable and usable? That’s where Data Catalogue Vocabulary (DCAT) is essential. This standard, recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), aims to bring order to the chaos by providing a common language for describing datasets.
Continue ReadingThis article is the first of two – the first one is running a simple Kubernetes Development environment with one container per CKAN service and not worrying about maintaining state on the PostGreSQL, Redis or Solr components.
One of the many areas of action required to deal with the global climate crisis is building climate resilience—the ability to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to climate change impacts. Open data portals—front-facing web applications designed to make data more discoverable and easier to share and interpret—are vital to ensuring stakeholders get the high-quality, up-to-date data necessary for more effective climate resilience measures.
Continue ReadingRead about CKAN’s governance structure. The following post recaps Adrià’s presentation at the CLARIN event and explores some of the issues arising from it.
This blog post was co-authored by Andrew Nette, Technical Writer/Analyst at Link Digital
Continue ReadingSecure Data Exchange: a critical conversation for data portals
This blog post was co-authored by Lex Du Plessis, Link Digital's Technical Delivery Manager
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