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What is the best way to request machine readable data from a FOIA request?
Maybe there is no way to request a specific file type but what is the best way to request a file (paper or digital) that can be converted easiestly?
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How do I share Open Data with others on this SE site?
I have some data which is Open(free from copyright, patents or other control mechanisms) and I want to share it with the users here. How do I do it without having to host it on some other server and share a link here?
As links are destined to…
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What are the available tools for managing crowdsourced data-cleaning tasks?
The Zooniverse team has had amazing success with the OldWeather project to crowdsource coding of old ships logs to extract climate data. And I believe Sunlight did some crowdsourcing (with Mechanical Turk?) to build the Political Party Time…
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Do you know any open/standard resume format?
I would like to know if there is any kind open/standard resume or Curriculum Viate format which allows interchanging of resumes between systems.
Any hint?
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Should data APIs require registration and API keys?
When publishing a data API, there seems to be a conflict between requiring a user to sign-up for an API key and the principal of open access. What is best practice in publishing an open data API whilst avoiding overuse/abuse?
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Paraphrase data sets
I am looking for paraphrase data sets.
I am aware of the following:
PPDB: The Paraphrase Database (Ganitkevitch, Juri, Benjamin Van Durme, and Chris Callison-Burch. "PPDB: The Paraphrase Database." HLT-NAACL. 2013.). Its English portion,…
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Dataset of major newspapers content
I'm looking for the materials of major newspapers, such as The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Economist. A random sample of their articles or headlines would suffice, but each newspaper has complications.
The New York Times has an article…
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API giving ship positions worldwide
ShipAIS has a great database and web interface showing what ships are in a particular area:
Unfortunately, it is limited to North Europe.
Is there a similar database for ships in the whole world?
Free unlimited API availability strongly…
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What are some OpenData torrents to seed?
BitTorrent can be an efficient way to "host" a large data set that are static. Also, BitTorrent is a good mechanism distribute a large data set as part of a open data project without funding or official government recognition. As mentioned…
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Where can I get bulk access to IRS 990 filings for US non-profits
There's another question about a list of all nonprofits, and this answer is kind of buried in the answers to that one. Also, this question came up today on the NICAR-L mailing list. It's a common question, so it seemed worth documenting here.
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Large list of quotes
I am looking for a large database / list of quotes I can use. Preferably famous quotes / quotes by famous people. I have tried looking for a brainyquote API or something, but couldn't find one. If there isn't a large downloadable list of data, what…
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Is there an exoplanet API or dataset?
I am looking for an API or dataset that has information about the known exoplanets. The properties of this dataset would include things like mass, orbital period, atmosphere, temperature, etc.
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How does one parse weather data?
Weather data is often cited as a "huge success" for the open data community. Where does this data sit, and how does one parse the data into something readable, like the 5 day forecast?
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How can I get a list of all non-geodata datasets on Data.gov?
Data.gov has a lot of datasets, and a super-majority of them are mapping. Is there a way to generate a list of all datasets other than geodata?
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Where can I find a dataset of songs labeled with their genre, BPM and key?
I am mostly interested in electronic songs. I need both the songs' waveform and their labels (genre, BPM and key). If you know some similar data set that doesn't contain all 3 labels, please still share.
If possible, I want open data and downloading…
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