Data formats, databases, finding data
A high level discussion of how to represent, store and query data. Some practical advice for finding useful data.
Overview
TBD.
Assignment
Read (In Defense of Interactive Graphics)[https://www.vis4.net/blog/posts/in-defense-of-interactive-graphics/].
Lesson
Searching for data
- Advanced search operators (http://libguides.mit.edu/c.php?g=176061&p=1159512)
- Open data portals (discussed last week)
- FOIA - Muckrock, also doing it by hand
Thought exercise: Creating a database
Riff.
Data formats
- CSV - Comma separated values
- JSON - Javascript object notation
- XML - Extensible markup language
Data standards
Oh boy!
Random technical bits
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