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AggData – data sets. for example a set of AggData to describe countries would be a list of every country in the world

September 24, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

AggData is short for aggregate data, which means a set of data that is collected together in one place. On this site, the AggData will come in the form of a list of records, where each record has details about a specific object in the group. For example, a set of AggData to describe countries would be a list of every country in the world, perhaps with details such as capital city, land area, population, and so forth. The raw data might look like the following:

Afghanistan, Kabul, 647,500 sq km, 31,056,997
Albania, Tirana, 28,748 sq km, 3,581,655
Algeria, Algiers, 2,381,740 sq km, 32,930,091
…

and so on. While this information is already publicly available on the web, the advantage of AggData is that the data is collected into one file that is very raw and portable, which makes it easy to integrate into any application or website.
(Link: AggData – data sets. for example a set of AggData to describe countries would be a list of every country in the world)

database, datasets, opendata

ThisWeKnow: New Semantic Web App Tames Massive Data Sets from Data.gov – ReadWriteStart

September 8, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

Developed by a consortium of three different organizations (web app shop and data analysis firm GreenRiver.org, web design studio Sway Design, and semantic web database company Intellidimension), ThisWeKnow is written in Ruby on Rails. It communicates via SPARQL to an RDF database. The source code is available under an MIT license at GitHub. Users can also see the SPARQL query that generated the information on any particular page of the site.

Out of the box, ThisWeKnow presents interesting information; however, we are interested to see how the developers proceed to offer more options for sorting, comparing, and visualizing the available data.
(Link: ThisWeKnow: New Semantic Web App Tames Massive Data Sets from Data.gov – ReadWriteStart)

opendata, semanticweb, sparql

DataSF – Liberating City Data

August 20, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

DataSF is a central clearinghouse for datasets published by the City & County of San Francisco. The site allows you to find datasets in several ways: general search, tags/keywords, categories, and rating. The goal is to improve access to city data through open machine-readable formats. While the number and quality of datasets is increasing, we recognize there is much more that we can do. You can help by rating and commenting on existing datasets or by telling us what datasets we should make available to the public.
(Link: DataSF – Liberating City Data)

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Achievement Reporting and Innovation System is Now Available to All Principals and Classroom Teachers – 2008-2009 – New York City Department of Education

August 20, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

ARIS gives educators access in one place to critical information about their students – ranging from enrollment history, diagnostic assessment information, credits accumulated towards graduation, and test scores to special education status and family contact information. ARIS combines this information with an online library of instructional resources and with collaboration and social networking tools that allow users to share ideas and successes with other educators in their school and across the City. Training for principals and teachers on the new ARIS tools began this month and will continue throughout the school year as new features are added.
(Link: Achievement Reporting and Innovation System is Now Available to All Principals and Classroom Teachers – 2008-2009 – New York City Department of Education)

e-learning, opendata

ARIS Data Program Now Backed by Most Principals, Gotbaum Survey Says – NYTimes.com

August 20, 2009 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

Most New York City principals believe that an $80 million data system at the heart of efforts to strengthen student performance will improve teaching and learning in city schools, but some say it is riddled with problems and not worth the cost, according to a report to be released by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on Thursday.

The Achievement Reporting and Innovation System, known as ARIS, is billed as a tool that allows educators to share ideas via blogs, pinpoint deficiencies in learning and tailor instruction to each student. It also gives parents with an Internet connection the opportunity to keep up with their child’s grades and test scores from home.
(Link: ARIS Data Program Now Backed by Most Principals, Gotbaum Survey Says – NYTimes.com)

e-learning, opendata

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