Archival Research Catalog on Data.gov
Friday, January 29th, 2010Description Peddlers and Data.gov: Two Peas In a Pod
As you may have heard, the National Archives issued a press release today announcing the release of three data sets on Data.gov:
The first milestone of the Open Government Directive was met on January 22 with the release of new datasets on Data.gov. Each major government agency has uploaded at least three datasets in this initial action. The National Archives released the 2007–2009 Code of Federal Regulations and two datasets from its Archival Research Catalog. This is the first time this material is available as raw data in XML format.
Read more on The Secret Mirror
- NARA calls for public comments on how it can be more “open”
- NARA releases data sets on data.gov, including catalog data and organizational authority records
or Fred2.0
- NARA Archival Research Catalog – Compressed for Your Dowloading Pleasure
- Get the compressed and easily dowloadable data on Simon’s Fred2.0 iBiblio site. (Thanks to Simon and Mark for doing the heavy lifting here!)
Original ARC data is available at data.gov
