CKAN

CKAN
Original author(s)Open Knowledge Foundation
Stable release
2.10.0[1] / 15 February 2023 (2023-02-15)
Repository
Written inPython
Available inMultilingual
LicenseAGPL
Websiteckan.org Edit this at Wikidata

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,[2] 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[citation needed] open data platform software in the world, used by governments including the US and UK, to publish millions of public datasets.

Rufus Pollock developed its first version in 2005-2006. CKAN's codebase is maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation.

The system is used both as a public platform on Datahub[3] and in various government data catalogues, such as the UK's data.gov.uk,[4] the Dutch National Data Register,[5] the United States government's Data.gov[6] and the Australian government's "Gov 2.0".[7] The state government of South Australia also makes government data freely available to the public on the CKAN platform.[8] The Italian government makes available the open data of the Data & Analytics Framework on the CKAN platform.[9]

  1. ^ "The latest CKAN release is here, say hi to CKAN 2.10!". ckan.org. 15 Feb 2023.
  2. ^ Rufus Pollock, Daniel Dietrich (2009-12-28). "CKAN: apt-get for the Debian of Data". 26th Chaos Communication Congress. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  3. ^ About Datahub
  4. ^ About data.gov.uk
  5. ^ About the Dutch government's National Data Portal at data.overheid.nl
  6. ^ "Data.gov Launches New Catalog and APIs". 2013-05-22. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  7. ^ "New data.gov.au – now live on CKAN". 2013-07-17. Archived from the original on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  8. ^ SA Government data now freely available
  9. ^ "API for search and visualization of open data within the Data & Analytics Framework". Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-07-27.