Data.gov just launched. What are the top priorities for improving it?
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9 votes
Directory of citizen-built apps that use data.gov
Create a directory of all apps built on top of the Data.gov data. Allow voting up/down, ratings, etc. so it becomes the iPhone App Store of civic software.
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8 votes
Make the catalog of Data.gov machine readable
If the catalog of all Data.gov data were machine readable people could build great indexing + search sites. RSS feed or otherwise.
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5 votes
Discussion forums for each data source
Each data source on data.gov needs a discussion forum and a way for the community to vote on the priorities for improving the data source (like UserVoice). Make the commentary on using the data be open source, contributed by the users.
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2 votes
Improved search (a la Google)
e.g., A search for "Bird" should return datasets that mention both "Bird" and "Birds"
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1 votes
Make the list of suggested data sources public
Ensure that data.gov iitself s transparent. Expose the suggestions for data sources that people want, and let others vote and comment on it. Display how long it takes from making a request to getting it up on the site.
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1 votes
Let users set their own external map viewer
Instead of having to use Google Maps. Let 3rd parties add their own to a built-in list that users can select from.
