Data Platforms

This page is meant to catalog generic data platforms rather than platforms that are oriented at a specific domain or kind of dataset. For platforms aimed at specific kinds of data, please go through the Civic Ontology list.

For lists of data catalogs – the actual data, not the software platforms behind the data – see Open Data Initiatives and especially the comprehensive lists of open government data catalogs.

Data Repositories

• CKAN - Data Hub including data catalog and storage system - CKAN Wiki
• DataCouch - See DataCouch.com and city-specific sites like PDX API - provides a couchDB powed API for the data from civicapps.org
• Civic OpenMedia (source)- Still in development
• DataVerse Network - For sharing research data
• Citizen DAN and structWSF at OpenStructs - With the flash-based visualization.
• CIVX (source) - Still in development
• CivicDB (source) - Still in development.
• New York State Senate OpenData Initiative (source) - Based on Drupal. A collection of Drupal modules using Socrata (for csv files) and Scribd (for .doc/.pdf files).
• DataCamp - Developed by Ruby. Actively being enhanced. With Data Management component. Has a sister project on data loading, cleaning, auditing, etc.: Brewey Framework
• Microsoft OGDI - open source data plaform for the Microsoft Azure cloud

Geospatial Data Platforms

• GeoServer with GeoNode
• MapServer
• CartoDB

Data Catalogs

Catalog denotes that the system links-to and provides metadata about data hosted elsewhere rather than acting as a repository for the data itself.

• Open Government Platform - Drupal modules and other components as part of the open sourcing of data.gov
• Data Hotel - open source data platform for data.norway.no
• CKAN Data Hub Software - used for many govs including data.gov.uk and The Data Hub
• Open Data Catalog - Source code used for OpenDataPhilly.org using Django.
• Open Data Directory - Search engine for open data sets published by governments, private companies and other organizations. Now indexing tens of thousands of datasets, refreshed weekly.
• National Data Catalog (source, source v2)
• OpenGov Sweden (source)
• DataTO (source) - also powers DataOTT
• OpenMissouri - Ruby based catalog used for OpenMissouri.org
• CivicApps Drupal (codebase being opened) - Based on Drupal and Developed by a third-party company. Only provide the download links and don’t host the datasets.

Cloud SaaS Data Platforms

• Socrata (used by Seattle, States of Washington and Oregon, Medicare)
• Microsoft OGDI on Azure (used by Edmonton) (source code)
• CKAN (Cloud version) - CKAN has been deployed in a SaaS model in the cloud
• BuzzData
• Junar
• GovMapper Solution to publish geospacial local gov datasets

Standalone Services

Services which are all served under one web address

• Google Fusion Tables (Only partially used by California. Not as a whole platform.)
• FigShare - Encouraging scientific researchers to publish all of their data.
• GeoCommons by GeoIQ - World Bank maps, InterAction NGOQuest, and UNEP Grid-Arendal data catalogs
• YourMapper - National, state, and local government datasets in maps, mobile, api

Data Platform Survey

This list is just meant to survey technology platforms for organizing and publishing data; for information on data catalogs themselves (i.e., focused on the data, not the software), see the pointers at the top of this page.

Data Standards

See the Data Standards page.

Data_Standards