opendata.swiss - what is it and how does it work?

Presentation at the OpenData.ch 2016 conference in Lausanne in the .GOV track (Presentation by Stefan Oderbolz, Demo by Pierre Dumas)

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1. What is it and how
   does it work?
   

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2. What is opendata.swiss?
   − Joint project of the Confederation, cantons, communes
   and other organizations with a mandate from the state
   − Makes open government data available to the general
   public in a central catalogue
   − Operated by the Swiss Federal Archives
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3. How does it work internally?
   − Make use of existing open source components
   - CKAN for the data management
   - WordPress for content management
   - Discourse for comments & discussions (in next version!)
   − Integration via APIs
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5. 5
   EXTENSIONS
   

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   ﹣ WordPress is a state-of-the-art extensible Open-Source
   Content Management System (CMS)
   

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7. – 100% open source
   ﹣ Trust system, trusted users get more moderation tools
   ﹣ Community moderation (e.g. “flag” a post as
   inappropriate)
   ﹣ Login possible with existing user account (e.g. Facebook,
   Twitter)
   ﹣ Modern look & feel, minimalistic design
   ﹣ Spam blocker
   Source: http://www.discourse.org/about/ , http://try.discourse.org/
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8. – Automatic creation of topics for all datasets
   – users help other users
   – Data publishers help users
   – Comments on apps or datasets
   – Forum for general discussions or questions
   – Requests for datasets
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9. How do I get my (meta)data on
   opendata.swiss?
   − Currently there are 3 options to get metadata on opendata.
   swiss
   - Manually enter them on opendata.swiss (~10 datasets)
   - Upload an DCAT-AP XML File (~100 datasets)
   - Use a harvester (~1000 datasets)
   If you need assistance for any of these, we can help you:
   http://opendata.liip.ch
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10. Demo
    http://opendata.swiss
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11. Questions
    ?
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