This is an older version of the guidance, retained for reference. The updated version should be used instead. A key part of the government's Transparency agenda is the opening up of data held by government bodies – from ministerial departments, …
We have talked before about some specialised ways in which to publish our data, especially Linked Data. However, we are mindful of Tim Berners-Lee’s advice to publish in “raw” form first, and then worry about additional means. These forms may …
Update 14/9/12: Please note that this module has not been used since 2010. For more information about the more recent data.gov.uk architecture see: http://data.gov.uk/blog/integrating-ckan-and-drupal
As you will no-doubt have noticed, data.gov.uk has today undergone a significant design update. The project team have been working on this new look-and-feel and refactoring our code for the last couple of months. We hope that you will now …
Following the PM’s announcement on 14 May 2010, 18 department HQ buildings now have real time energy displays, most of which have the capability to report data in intervals of less than one hour, and a delay of no more …
Paul Miller talks with Richard Stirling, the head of Making Public Data Public and lead on data.gov.uk to discuss the progress of the site and the project.
This week The National Archives launched www.legislation.gov.uk, which brings together legislation from across the UK in one place. The site contains legislation as it is originally enacted or made with the revised versions of Acts of Parliament, showing changes to …
On 2 July, the Treasury held a short seminar for organisations and individuals developing the released COINS data to enhance its usability to the public. The seminar provided further information on the coding structure employed, as well as information on …
The last few weeks have seen us deliver on our promise to radically shake-up what transparency means in government. We have already taken those important first steps and released information about people, jobs and salaries that had been previously unavailable …
Work to open up expenditure data from central and local government is gathering pace, and the first movers are working hard to resolve the technical, licensing and other issues involved. Chris Taggart's blog post this morning highlights several issues which …
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