Making it simpler to publish data
We've been making improvements to the publishing process on data.gov.uk to make it easier for users to find the information they need.
Data Infrastructure
Making registers easier to copy
We’ve talked a lot about registers forming part of a digital ecosystem, providing data good enough to build services on. We’ve also outlined the characteristics of a register and how each characteristic helps registers remain authoritative and up to date. …
Building data infrastructure for personal data
Personal data is data that can be used to identify an individual. This could be their name, address, date or country of birth, bank details or National Insurance number. The way personal data is used and stored is protected by …
8 things I learned about data discoveries
The teams working on Data Infrastructure at GDS have just completed three discoveries. We’ve walked away with some great products, but also some good learning about what does and doesn’t work when doing discovery. Scope the brief Discovery is …
Territory register goes into beta
As a final hurrah at the end of a busy year and just in time for the Christmas break, the registers programme is excited to share the beta territory register! Tony Worron, the register’s custodian, has already shared his fantastic …
How we describe Data Infrastructure products and services
The Data Infrastructure team has done a lot of work lately to improve the way we talk about our products and services. One of the ways we’ve done this is by defining the terms we use to describe the things …
The register of schools in England goes into alpha
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Richard Vale, Posted on:
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Data Infrastructure, Government Data Programme, Registers
Last year the Data Leaders Network proposed that education should be one of the five areas we should focus on in developing the first tranche of registers. School-related data in particular is widely used, by a large and varied number …
Comparing registers with other data products
Previously, we described some technical features needed to support the creation of registers. When we talk about the technical details, we often get asked whether a register is like a particular data technology such as a relational database, a graph …
Technical features of a register
On the registers team, we are building a product that provides teams with data that is good enough to build services on. Registers are defined by certain characteristics such as being live data and being the only authoritative list for a …
Meet the custodian of the beta local authority England register
We’re pleased to announce that the local authority England register has been released to beta! In this guest post the register’s custodian, Stephen McAllister, shares his experience of going through the register creation process and responding to the feedback received …
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