Technology
API – Application Programming Interface
An API is an interface that defines how, for example, software applications can communicate with each other. APIs allow different software systems to interact and share data.
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Data glossaryData Portal
Data Portal
Open dataTechnology
A data portal is any online platform which supports users in accessing datasets, typically providing search, browse, and download functionality.
A data portal is any online platform which supports users in accessing collections of data, typically open data data. Data portals may present the data of the organization which hosts the portal or house a collection from many organizations / data providers.
In practice
Typical features are web interfaces for publishing and for searching and browsing the catalogue, machine interfaces (APIs) to enable automatic publishing from other systems, and data preview and visualisation.
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Open data
Bulk Download
Data is available in 'bulk' if the entire dataset can be downloaded easily and at once, rather than having to access individual records separately.
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Technology
CKAN
An open-source software platform for creating data portals, built and maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation.
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