[HN Gopher] Open Data Is Dead
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       Open Data Is Dead
        
       Author : jasondc
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2023-11-01 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | PaulHoule wrote:
       | I wouldn't have considered any of the four bullet points "open
       | data". I would consider
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       | https://data.gov/
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       | Wikidata and many other things "open". It's my own (partially
       | true) opinion that open data is downloadable as a data dump,
       | anything involving an API is like breathing through a straw.
        
       | milliams wrote:
       | None of those things are "Open Data". They might have provided
       | access to the data via an API, but OSM, Wikipedia etc. are open
       | data.
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       | ...
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       | Ah, it's a veiled advert for "Sort".
        
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