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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W3C
Open dataTechnology
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations work together to develop Web standards.
It is led by Web inventor and Director Tim Berners-Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe.
In practice
W3C standards include HTML, CSS, XML and many more.
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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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CKAN
An open-source software platform for creating data portals, built and maintained by the Open Knowledge Foundation.
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