Core Datasets

2013 - present

http://data.okfn.org/roadmap/core-datasets/

Core Datasets are Important, commonly-used datasets in high quality, easy-to-use & open form.

Core Datasets are including a set of key reference and indicator datasets such as country codes, currencies, GDP and population.

All datasets are provided in a standardized form and can be accessed in bulk as CSV together with a simple JSON schema. Also, all data is in data packages and is versioned using git so all changes are visible and data can be collaboratively maintained.