In Category on 08 Jun 2026
What CKAN Made Possible: A Sixteen-Year Open Data Story
From NYCBigApps to federal metadata standards — Joel Natividad's story of why CKAN's real value was never the portal
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, proudly namechecked CKAN in a
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to an Open Source Conference in Amsterdam last week. She referred to the Open Data Portal being developed for the European Commission, she said:
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We are building a portal for open data – so citizens can get a wealth of Commission data in one place, easy to find, easy to search, and easy to use and re-use. [...] Not only that, but our portal will be based entirely on open source solutions. It uses the CKAN system, built in Europe, that many other governments are also using: including the UK and Australia, and now under consideration by the US and Canada.
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In Category on 21 May 2026
CKAN in the Age of AI: A Call for Agnosticism and Provenance
CKAN co-steward Steven De Costa makes the case for CKAN as the trusted data foundation for AI — providing provenance, machine operability, and the cold reasoning that keeps AI outputs grounded in reality.