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Today we are very happy and excited to announce the final release of CKAN 2.0. This is the most significant piece of CKAN news since the project began, and represents months of hectic work by the team and other contributors since before the release of version 1.8 last October, and of the 2.0 beta in [...]

If you’re a Python web-developer who’d like to help build exciting open data projects then we’d love to hear from you. We are looking for one person full-time, and two six-month appointments to work on an existing project. Python Developers – ... [More] CKAN/Services team Role Description The Open Knowledge Foundation is recruiting senior Python web developers, [...] [Less]

A new feature in CKAN 2.0 enables you to add custom previews for different file types. CKAN’s ability to preview resources gives users a quick way to check if they have the dataset they need – as well as to begin to explore the data. CKAN has built-in previews for certain filetypes, such as images [...]

We’re preparing to release CKAN 2.0 in a few weeks time, and we need help with translations. CKAN’s user interface is available in over 20 languages. The new version introduces over 450 new words and strings in the interface, and they all need translating before it’s released. If you speak one of the relevant languages, [...]

We are very proud that the Spanish region of Aragón finally has its own open data website: Aragón Open Data was launched in February, using CKAN. At the Government of Aragón ICT department, we are really concerned with the value of data and information. This CKAN-powered website is our first step to providing citizens with [...]

On 18 February, over 40 people participated in a workshop in London which focused on the use of CKAN for ‘research data management’. The event was led by the Orbital project at the University of Lincoln. After some initial presentations, participants broke into groups to gather a list of requirements for CKAN – or any [...]

Work on what has become the 2.0 release started back in June last year when we decided that a more user friendly cleaner simpler CKAN was the next step to raise the profile and usefulness of open data portals. We went back to basics and redesigned the theme to focus on the core parts of [...]

CKAN is emerging as a de facto standard, according to a report into open data in Australia by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OIAC). The report, published last week, presents the result of a survey by the Commissioner into the state of open public sector information (PSI) across government agencies. It is structured [...]

The European Commission (EC) has unveiled a new data portal, which will be used to publish data from the EC and other bodies of the European Union. This major project was announced last year, and it went live in December for testing before today’s announcement. The portal includes extensive CKAN customisation and development work by [...]

As the benefits of Open Data are recognised more and more widely, more data portals are appearing. Here are some recent new platforms with hot fresh data baked in a CKAN oven, as well as a couple that are coming soon. Only about half the portals mentioned here have had direct involvement by the Open [...]