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Introduction

What is Common Data Index ?​

Common Data Index is a full scale census of all existing public data catalogs and open data search engine.

Following products created:

  • registry of all catalogs
  • datasets raw metadata database
  • unified dataset search index and search engine
  • datasets backup and file cache

What kind of data catalogs collected?​

This registry includes description of the following data catalogs:

  • Open data portals
  • Geoportals
  • Scientific data repositories
  • Indicators catalogs
  • Microdata catalogs
  • Machine learning catalogs
  • Data search engines
  • API Catalogs
  • Data marketplaces
  • Other

Inspiration​

This project inspired by Re3Data and Fairsharing projects. Key difference is the focus on open data as a broad topic, not just open research data.

Final version of this repository will be reorganized as database with publicly available open API and bulk data dumps.