Comments on: Data.gov is Live – Get Your Data While it’s Hot

By: Mile Wide… Inch Deep… » Data.gov open for business (and OECD seminar plug)

Sat, 23 May 2009 15:01:41 +0000

[...] up links to data. I haven’t had a chance to dig in, yet, but since 3 of my favorite blogs (FlowingData, ProgrammableWeb, and DataVisualization) covered it, I thought I should at least mention it [...]

By: BCC

BCC — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:15:31 +0000

It’s a great start. I’ve found a variety of really useful data (EIA, BTS, BLS) on various sites over the past few years, both for work and personal use; it’s a great idea to pull it all together- let’s put the output of the bureaucracy to work!

By: Nathan Yau

Nathan Yau — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:31:01 +0000

There aren’t that many datasets, but I think it’s better that it went up now rather than waiting. They can get input, and the structure is there so that it’ll be easier to add datasets. It could take forever if they waited to get lots of data with all the bureaucratic stuff they go through and all

By: Jerome Cukier

Jerome Cukier — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:01:30 +0000

I know the launch date had been announced, but I still think the release is too early, as there are not enough datasets.
The principle, though – adding a standard layer of metadata on top of objects of varying shapes and sizes – is promising.

By: shopyield.com › Government data is at your fingertips

shopyield.com › Government data is at your fingertips — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:56:04 +0000

[...] From Flowing Data… [...]

By: Josh knauer

Josh knauer — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:28:53 +0000

The data available right now is really sparse, but it seems like a good start and is definitely heading in the right direction. I’d like to see more metadata in machine-readable (ie: XML) and standardized (FGDC) formats.