October 10, 2012
Brazilian Open Data Portal
Published by:
Danielle Pereira
Tags:
Basômetro, Data Catalog, datasets, democratic control, governmental services, Innovation, Open Data, Open Government Data, proactive transparency, public data
A data repository, the dados.gov.br portal aggregates 82 pubic datasets formerly scattered across the Internet. Launched by the Ministry of Planning, the project design also had extensive contributions from society. Moreover, the website also enables people to suggest new data for opening, to participate in Open Data events and to keep up-to-date with the portal’s development initiatives.
Users can also check out a few applications developed by communities using data available through the portal. One of the applications is the so-called “Basômetro“, a tool that enables measuring parliamentary support to the government and monitoring members of parliament’s stances on legislation votes.
Another application available on the website pinpoints the work accidents between 2002 and 2009 in the map of Brazil. Users are able to view accidents by municipality and by type.
The dados.gov is part of the National Infrastructure of Open Data (INDA), which is a project aimed at setting forth technical standards for Open Data, promoting qualification and sharing public information using open formats and free software.
