We are excited to announce a research partnership with University of Edinburgh Professors Leonid Libkin and Paolo Guagliardo from the School of Informatics. The goal of this research is to develop well founded approaches to deal with the users intended semantics for...
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Improving Dataset Search: a research partnership with Lehigh University
Photo: “Linderman Library, Lehigh University” by NDXP is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Can you imagine trying to find a bit of information on the Web without using a search engine? Of course not. Similarly, the number of public datasets now available online is so...
Understanding the 2020 US census internet response rate with data projects
Because the 2020 census is the first truly online US census, the response method has been a key part of its response rate data. We might use this data to ask questions like: Which households are responding via the internet and which are not? Has the internet response...
Data context is key to understanding COVID-19 data
With so many people talking about, thinking about, and working with COVID-19 data, it’s often difficult to filter out the noise and get to what’s useful. That’s why we’re working with partners and community members to curate the highest quality data and bring it to...
Say hello at Data Day Texas 2020’s Global Graph Summit!
Austin will be the center of graph geekiness this January 24-25 with the Global Graph Summit at Data Day Texas 2020. The event brings together key players from the graph community, and it’s an excellent opportunity to learn about the latest developments in the graph...
Three years in pursuit of a mission that really matters
On July 11, 2019, we celebrated our third anniversary of data.world’s launch. We gathered at the Alamo Drafthouse, followed by bowling and axe-throwing (yes, you read that right—it’s a thing now) at High 5. It was tremendous fun and I truly feel so proud to be a...
How to be a data quality master in the open data community
Ever wondered why your dataset or project didn’t get recognized? You may have missed the mark on data quality. Learn the five foundational traits of data quality in this blog.
Check out this powerful #SXSW schedule query tool
Imagine having it all at your fingertips. All the sessions, speakers, and venues in a simple interface that tells you exactly what you need to know. That's what a query template does for data like SXSW's session information. While this was a private internal tool in...
The top 10 datasets of 2018
A landmark year for the data.world communityAs we approach the new year it’s always a great time to look back and take stock of the road we have traveled over the last 12 months. This year in datasets, we continued to ride the political roller coaster with everything...
Two incredible years at data.world
On July 11 we celebrated the second year anniversary of data.world’s launch. We had a great time at SPiN in the first ever OWL Cup (the ping-pong championship) during the same week as the World Cup in the finals. It was a real upset, and you should ask us about it (as...
