Data Vic uses CKAN to manage and publish meta data records on the data.vic.gov.au portal.
CKAN is open source software widely used by open data publishers to manage their data assets.
CKAN stores meta data about individual data records and presents them on a web interface so that visitors to data.vic.gov.au can browse and search this metadata in order to meet their information seeking needs.
CKAN also offers an API so that third party applications can be built around it.
CKAN collects site analytics data and statistical data about DataVic users including:
- browser used
- operating system
- country
- referral links
- time on the site
- language
Copyright in your submitted content
When you submit content to data.vic.gov.au, by making comments to the various feedback functions or participation in the applications showcase, you retain copyright in it. By submitting content to this site, you agree to make it available to the rest of the world under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence(opens in a new window)
Use of site
You must not use text or information provided via this site, including datasets or data they contain, in any of the following ways:
- use the data in any application that pretends to be an official government service, or in any other way that suggests that the Department endorses you or your use
- present the data in a misleading or incorrect manner, or misrepresent the data through changing it or otherwise
- use this site for party political purposes
- use the data or this site in or to support a criminal or illicit activity
- use the data in any application, or in any other ways to inflame or make comments that are racist, sexist or homophobic, or which promote or incite violence and illegal activity
Moderation policy and process
We welcome user generated content to the data.vic.gov.au site and aim to publish most content quickly. We encourage you to share your opinions on the various blog topics and individual datasets. Also, we want to promote your applications and insights built and developed using Victorian Government data in the showcase section. To help us do this, please make sure:
- your comments are relevant or on-topic
- your comments are not inflammatory, unreasonable or obscene
- you are civil and respectful of others and their opinions (including not impersonating anyone and not posting someone's personal information without their permission)
- your behaviour is in line with relevant laws
- The site uses a pre-moderation process to help ensure that spam or comments that breach this moderation policy are not published. This means that your comment will generally be published after being manually checked by a moderator. If a comment is edited, we will include a reference so you can tell
The first is a human verification step to deter spam bots: when you submit a comment, you are asked to include a user name and a valid email address. You may post under a pseudonym. Your email address will not be posted on the site.
If we make a mistake, please contact us and we will deal with it as quickly as we can.
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