listings emphasize the connection between data posted by governments and public institutions and the interfaces people are building to explore that data.
The Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is poised to be the foundation of new innovative environmental science through a distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science and society for open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, DataONE will ensure preservation and access to multi-scale, multi-discipline, and multi-national science data. DataONE will transcend domain boundaries and make biological data available from the genome to the ecosystem; make environmental data available from atmospheric, ecological, hydrological, and oceanographic sources; provide secure and long-term preservation and access; and engage scientists, land-managers, policy makers, students, educators, and the public through logical access and intuitive visualizations.
The National Data Catalog (NatDatCat) is an open platform for government data sets and APIs. NatDatCat makes it easy to find datasets by and about government, across all levels (federal, state, and local) and across all branches (executive, legislative, and judicial). The data here is imported from several sources and curated by our staff. Currently, we have importers setup for Data.Gov and the DC Data Catalog. NatDatCat is a project of the Sunlight Labs at the Sunlight Foundation. The platform consists of an API and a Web application.
Data Sources on Older Americans (DSOA) highlights the contents of government-sponsored surveys and products containing statistical information about the older population. All Federal agencies are invited to contribute to this report and participate in the Forum. Starting in 2009, DSOA includes some non-federal data sources. T he Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
Bill Rankin, 2006 radicalcartography. These are just simple redesigns of standard-issue census data, but I think they address some important shortcomings of the official maps.
The Colectica Platform is an ideal solution for statistical agencies, survey research groups, public opinion research, data archivists, and other data centric collection operations that are looking to increase the expressiveness and longevity of the data collected through standards based metadata documentation.
by: John Erickson. January 19, 2010. DataCite and linked data — or, more to the point, the DOI and linked data — are in essence made for each other. A longer answer is that the DOI infrastructure provides conveniences, such as multiple resolution, and also certain advantages, such as security, as they pertain to referencing and accessing scientific and other datasets. The bottom line is that while the DOI infrastructure does depend upon the non-HTTP protocols of the Handle System “under the hood,” from the consumer’s perspective DOI-based name resolution can (and usually does) operate completely within the “web space.” For linking to articles or datasets, the more familiar URI form of DOIs which combines a given DOI with the URL of a Handle System proxy (e.g. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MIC.2009.93) may be used instead of the “native” DOI form.
a list of digital libraries, data archives, and data repositories that are inviting Digging into Data researchers to use their collections. For each repository, you'll find a description of their contents, contact information, and other details.
NSF, Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS). The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) began in 1957–58 to collect data continuously on the number and characteristics of individuals receiving research doctoral degrees from all accredited U.S. institutions. The results of this annual survey are used to assess characteristics and trends in doctorate education and degrees.