Data schemas and standards
Formats designed to structure data, which then enables interoperability, analysis, and software development.
To learn more, listen to this Government Digital Services UK podcast episode about the Data Standards Authority.
Humanitarian Exchange Language
HXL is a different kind of data standard, designed to improve information sharing during a humanitarian crisis without adding extra reporting burdens.
Spotcrime Open Crime Data Standard (SOCS)
A blog about crime in the US.
CityGML
CityGML is an open data model and XML-based format for the storage and exchange of virtual 3D city models.
Google Person Finder
Google Person Finder helps people reconnect with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of natural and humanitarian disasters.
Popolo Project
International open government data specifications.
Open Knowledge Foundation
A world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few.
Wayfindr with TfL
We have developed the world's first internationally-approved standard for accessible audio navigation.
XBRL US State and Local Government Disclsoure Modernization Working Group
Data reporting standards for audited government financial statements
civic.json
A specification of the civic.json metadata standard for civic technology projects
Building & Land Development Specification (BLDS)
An open data specification for building and land development permits
Google Civic Information API
The Civic Information API allows you to build applications that allow citizens and voters to know about their political representation and voting locations.
Standards.data.gov.uk
Shared, open cross-government standards make services better for users and cheaper to run.
Open Contracting standard
Governments around the world spend an estimated US$13 trillion through contracts every year. Yet, contracting information is often unavailable for public scrutiny.
The Local Office Function Index
The Local Office Function Index (LOFI) is a standardized, nationwide dataset of what your elected officials are responsible for and how you can engage with them.
Find That Charity
'Find that Charity', developed by David Kane and supported by 360Giving, is a tool for finding data about non-profit organisations.
Open Trails
Parks and trails are a cornerstone of public health and quality of life. The Open Trail System Specification (OpenTrails) helps citizens get outdoors to enjoy them.
Cities Coalition for Digital Rights
We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.
Fairwork
The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.
Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR)
Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR) is an open-source communication standard to increase the transparency, legibility and accountability of digital technology in the built environment.
Open 311
A collaborative model and open standard for civic issue tracking
Organisational Digital Maturity Assessment Criteria
The Voluntary Sector Digital Maturity Matrix was a free tool provided by NCVO to assess the current maturity of a voluntary sector organisation's digital capability, compared with its desired target s...
PFIF missing persons
PFIF is a data model and an XML-based exchange format for sharing data about people who are missing or displaced by natural or human-made disasters.
Human Services Data Specification (HSDS)
HSDS is designed to support the publication of open, interoperable community resource directory data.
Data Standards Directory
An open source directory of data standards across categories like Annual Budget, Building Permits, Crime Statistics, Election Results, Expenditure, Public Facilities, Real-Time Transit, Road Construct...
Democracy Works Elections API
Our full-time research team maintains a detailed calendar of upcoming state, special, and local elections, which we release as our Elections API.
Open Contracting Partnership
Government contracting is worth trillions of dollars a year. We open up public contracting through disclosure, data and engagement so that the huge sums of money involved are spent honestly, fairly, a...
Mark43
Mark43 is reinventing public safety software applications from the ground up, delivering unparalleled efficiency gains to first responders.
LogCheck
LogCheck's mobile app is the easiest way to stay on top of routine maintenance tasks, inspections, and meter readings. Sign up for your free trial today!
Open Connectivity Foundation
The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) create a specification and sponsors an open source project to unlock the massive opportunity in the IoT market, accelerating industry innovation and helping deve...
Bridge registry for nonprofit unique entity IDs
Impact Management Project
Building consensus for how we measure and manage impact
Civic Data Library of Context
A collaborative platform for open metadata built on intersectional and inclusive practices of ethical data governance.
Open Supporter Data Interface
We’re defining an API and data structures to enable true interoperability among products for organizations with progressive values.
Blue Button
An initiative that allows veterans to opt in to sharing their medical data with providers.
OpenCorporates
Free and Open Company Data on 135 million companies and corporations in over 125 jurisdictions, including US, UK, Switzerland, Panama...
Government Digital Standards
A list of digital standards used by governments around the world
Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2018
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, jointly with the executive department that issues the most federal grant awards, to: (1) establish government-wide data standards for informatio...
Joined Up Data Standards
We aim to improve how standard-setting bodies, data producers and data users collaborate to join-up their data to make it interoperable and comparable.