CKAN
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The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) is an open-source open data portal for the storage and distribution of open data. Initially inspired by the package management capabilities of Debian Linux, CKAN has developed into a powerful data catalogue system that is mainly used by public institutions seeking to share their data with the general public.
Key facts
- Software.name
- CKAN
- Software.logo
- CKAN Logo full color.png
- Software.caption
- The open source data portal software
- Software.author
- Open Knowledge Foundation
- Software.language
- Multilingual
- Software.programming language
- Python
- Software.license
- AGPL
via Wikipedia infobox
Source code
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Internal technology
- Future of the project
- Similar projects and alternatives
- References
- External links
The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) is an open-source open data portal for the storage and distribution of open data. Initially inspired by the package management capabilities of Debian Linux, CKAN has developed into a powerful data catalogue system that is mainly used by public institutions seeking to share their data with the general public.
Since its inception, CKAN has evolved and is the leading open data platform software in the world, used by governments including the US and UK, to publish millions of public datasets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “CKAN” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.