Luigi Ray-Montañez luigi

National Data Catalog API

The National Data Catalog stores metadata about data sets and APIs published by all leves of government. It helps developers search for, identify, and work with data sources that would otherwise take significant effort to track down.

Currently, the National Data Catalog consists of a web front-end that is powered by an API back-end.

Accessing the API

The API is RESTful and speaks JSON. It will throw appropriate HTTP status codes on errors, along with a helpful error message passed as a JSON object.

Local and remote branches

Create and checkout topic branch

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Create and checkout topic branch with corresponding remote branch

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Proposal for the National Data Catalog

Prepared by David James and Luigi Montanez

Overview

The National Data Catalog aims to be a complete catalog of all data sets and APIs that are either put out by the government or are derived from the government. Scoped to all government levels (federal, state, and local), and all branches (executive, legislative, judicial), NDC will be the one-stop shop for developers, researchers, and investigative journalists interested in government data.

NDC will tap into the social benefits of having users come together around common interests. More than just a catalog, it will be a place for community-supported documentation about government data.

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