How Did They Make That?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This project was built by the St. Louis Regional Data Alliance. It got help from key players like Daugherty Business Solutions, who played a crucial role assisting in data aggregation. Missouri Foundation for Health also helped to provide essential funding for this project. It took two years to develop the project. The initiative was built upon a previous effort that began roughly seven years prior. This project was made using DKAN Open Data Platform. DKAN is a powerful, community-driven open data platform that has been at the forefront of data accessibility and transparency for over a decade. It enables organizations and individual build open data portals in Drupal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goal of this project is to be a one stop shop. That is, a place where people can search for any public community data in St. Louis. People can find data on local government and nonprofit websites or upload information onto the RDX directly. The intended audience are local governments, community members, nonprofits, activists and academics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the strengths is the layout. It is well organized and easy to navigate. It uses contrasting colors which makes it easy for people to read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the weaknesses of this site is the inability to add data when you click on the \u201cAdd Data\u201d button. It tells you to email them or fill out the google form, not every would want to go through the hassle of doing that. Another weakness is it doesn\u2019t give you all the information needed on a particular topic. For example, when I tried to check for a list of officially elected leaders in the area, I didn\u2019t get any meaningful result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After making this project, the researcher must have learned about different sectors and areas in St. Louis. Also, may have learned about a new technological tool DKAN, a powerful open-source tools for publishing and cataloging datasets and their metadata. This can be seen in the way the home page was neatly organized and arranged for easy accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reflecting on this site, I got to learn about a new technology DKAN which could be an interesting tool for creating contents that needs catalogs. I also think the Regional Data Exchange has potential, as it could be a site to easily search for relevant information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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