In Category on 08 Jun 2026
What CKAN Made Possible: A Sixteen-Year Open Data Story
From NYCBigApps to federal metadata standards — a co-founder's story of why CKAN's real value was never the portal
A quick note about the Open Data Cities Conference in Brighton a couple of weeks ago. I attended with my colleagues Ira, who's CKAN's Product Manager, and Laura James, who was one of the many excellent speakers. My write-up of the day is over on the Open Knowledge Foundation blog - it was an interesting day so take a look. The distilled essence is that there is a lot of interest in Open Data at the city level at the moment.
By good timing, CKAN's entry to the Living Labs award was a proposal for an Open Data package for cities with CKAN at its heart, and is one of the shortlisted entries - final announcements are due later this week!
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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.