Saturday, May 23, 2009

Data.gov goes public; see also US Gov Web Services and XML

The excitement over the public availability of Data.gov may grow as more data becomes available through it. Check it out at http://www.data.gov/ which includes the statement: "The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government."

Though resources available via Data.gov are currently limited, a wealth of data is available via http://www.usgovxml.com which "is an attempt to document in one place and in a uniform manner the web services and XML data sources that are provided by the US government." Quote from www.usgovxml.com retrieved May 23, 2009.