[Esip-preserve] FW: GitHub thread re: open source data standards for the U.S. Government

[Joe Hourcle]

On Fri, 11 Sep 2015, Tilmes, Curt (GSFC-6190) via Esip-preserve wrote:

> FYI ? Some ESIPers may care to weigh in on this discussion:

If you reply, make sure to put some comment in there about how you're 
answering for yourself, and not your company / agency / whatever.

(so you don't get bitched out about how you had no authority to respond to 
the GSA, like I got for my comments re: the stupid HTTPS-Only thing)

-Joe


> On 9/10/15 10:53 AM, "Open Data in the U.S. Government on behalf of Rebecca Sweger - XFBB" <OPEN-DATA at LISTSERV.GSA.GOV<mailto:OPEN-DATA at LISTSERV.GSA.GOV> on behalf of rebecca.sweger at GSA.GOV<mailto:rebecca.sweger at GSA.GOV>> wrote:
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> Good morning,
>
> TL;DR: Would love your input on open source data standards in this GitHub thread <https://github.com/18F/data-act-pilot/issues/161> (preferred over e-mail responses, so the conversation can be public).
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> I'm writing to tap your collective brain power about open source data standards. 18F is working on a small DATA Act pilot, and I'm wondering how/if other feds use open source tools to support "data standards," meaning:
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>  *   a set of standardized data elements
>  *   the relationships between them
>  *   the validation rules they're subject to
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> The DATA Act pilot currently uses an XBRL-based DATA Act standard<http://fedspendingtransparency.github.io/data-exchange-standard/>. The project's scope doesn't include changing this, and I'm not suggesting a change is advisable.
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> This is more of a general question that emerged from the work; as someone new to govt., I'm genuinely curious about how others standardize data, especially using open source tools.
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> If you can, please weigh in on this GitHub thread<https://github.com/18F/data-act-pilot/issues/161> instead of e-mail. I'd love for the conversation to be public.
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> https://github.com/18F/data-act-pilot/issues/161
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> Thanks,
> Becky
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> Becky Sweger
> Innovation Specialist, 18F
> General Services Administration
> Phone: 215-622-0757
> Email: rebecca.sweger at gsa.gov<mailto:rebecca.sweger at gsa.gov>
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