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Repository of the Week - the Data Hub

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The Data Hub describes itself as "the easy way to get, use and share data".

The Data Hub is a community driven catalogue of datasets on the Internet. It uses open-source data cataloguing software CKAN, which provides each dataset record with fields for descriptions, formats, ownership, access and subject areas, among others.

Most of the data indexed is open data, which means it is openly licensed, and free to use.

On the site, you can:

  • Find data - the Hub contains 3840 datasets that can be viewed or downloaded
  • Share data - sign up to add your own datasets

Datasets can also be located under groups, such as Linking Open Data, which contains 81 datasets and Bibliographic Data, which has 77 datasets.

In some cases, the Data Hub can provide data storage, and basic visualisation tools.

Visit the Data Hub at - http://thedatahub.org/