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Where's the Open Data?

Posted by Cliff on from the diamonds-in-the-rough dept.

blamanj asks: "There's a lot of open-source code around, and generally, it's quite easy to find. Finding open source data, on the other hand, can be quite a pain. Why isn't there a common reponsitory for public domain data sets? I'm thinking of things like lists of world cities, dictionaries of stemmed words, population data, etc., etc."

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  1. How 'common' do you need it? by tswinzig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why isn't there a common reponsitory for public domain data sets?

    There is, it's right here.

    (aka The Internet)

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    "And like that ... he's gone."
    1. Re:How 'common' do you need it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Slashdot ought to implement a new filter for its comments section in preferences: Score penalty for reference to Google in Ask Slashdot question.