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Datapackage Exemplified how a datapackage can be edited and configured

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Introduction

The Datapackage examplified is a complete datapackage to show all possibilites os data records and configurations.

Datapackage description

It was created to show all sort of possibilities when using a dataset tool or to see how to write a datapackage. Yet was stablished a simple table with latitude and longitude, a map to plot these coordinates, and another table with all official field types supported. Plus that, a simple view was coded to plot a graph in proper tools.

Data

This dataset contains files to ilustrate the usage of opendata. There are compose by the follow data files:

All recorded data were only random data. So you may use it to organize your own datapackage from scratch. And to understand how to fill all data types and formats supported officialy.

Preparation

The official tools validated this datapackage and facilites to view it. The tools are:

  • Data Package Validator: this tool is useful to validade the datapackage configuration. More specificaly, it validates if datapackage.json file is write properly by the official OKFN protocols and standards. To use, follow these steps:
    1. Open it Data Package Validator.
    2. Type the link to your datapackage or the datapackage.json file; in our case can be https://github.com/paulolimac/datapackage-examplified or https://raw.github.com/paulolimac/datapackage-examplified/master/datapackage.json.
    3. It will show a message that can be:
    • valid if it is correct or,
    • invalid plus the error message to be corrected.
  • DataPackage Viewer: this tool permits to view all data in a easy way. All tables, graphs and maps will stay well formated. To use, follow these steps:
    1. Open it Data Package Validator.
    2. Type the link to your datapackage; in our case can be https://github.com/paulolimac/datapackage-examplified.
    3. It will show the datapackage well formated.
  • Datapackage Explorer: it is a experimental tool to edit or show your csv files more easly. To use, follow these steps:
    1. Open it Data Explorer Loader.
    2. Upload the csv files or type the link to your csv file; in our case can be https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulolimac/datapackage-examplified/master/data/simpleCoordinates.csv.
    3. After see a preview from your csv file, click on at save button.
    4. Finally, you can edit the csv file and see the results by tables, graphs and maps.

License

ODC-PDDL-1.0

This Data Package and these datasets are made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0. The full text can be found here.

References

Bellow are listed references used to prepare a complete datapackage.

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Datapackage Exemplified how a datapackage can be edited and configured