[Esip-preserve] FW: GitHub thread re: open source data standards for the U.S. Government

[Tilmes, Curt (GSFC-6190)]

FYI – Some ESIPers may care to weigh in on this discussion:

On 9/10/15 10:53 AM, "Open Data in the U.S. Government on behalf of Rebecca Sweger - XFBB" <OPEN-DATA at LISTSERV.GSA.GOV<mailto:OPEN-DATA at LISTSERV.GSA.GOV> on behalf of rebecca.sweger at GSA.GOV<mailto:rebecca.sweger at GSA.GOV>> wrote:

Good morning,

TL;DR: Would love your input on open source data standards in this GitHub thread <https://github.com/18F/data-act-pilot/issues/161> (preferred over e-mail responses, so the conversation can be public).

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I'm writing to tap your collective brain power about open source data standards. 18F is working on a small DATA Act pilot, and I'm wondering how/if other feds use open source tools to support "data standards," meaning:

  *   a set of standardized data elements
  *   the relationships between them
  *   the validation rules they're subject to

The DATA Act pilot currently uses an XBRL-based DATA Act standard<http://fedspendingtransparency.github.io/data-exchange-standard/>. The project's scope doesn't include changing this, and I'm not suggesting a change is advisable.

This is more of a general question that emerged from the work; as someone new to govt., I'm genuinely curious about how others standardize data, especially using open source tools.

If you can, please weigh in on this GitHub thread<https://github.com/18F/data-act-pilot/issues/161> instead of e-mail. I'd love for the conversation to be public.

https://github.com/18F/data-act-pilot/issues/161

Thanks,
Becky

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Becky Sweger
Innovation Specialist, 18F
General Services Administration
Phone: 215-622-0757
Email: rebecca.sweger at gsa.gov<mailto:rebecca.sweger at gsa.gov>

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