Adopta Blueprint

This is the master blueprint for the Adopta.Agency. The goal of this work is to move forward the conversation around any public datas, making it more accessible as CSV and JSON files and deploying simple APIs when possible.

Data Files

This is just a sample set of dataset to show what is possible. Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to find a dataset at data.gov, or amongst the inventory of each federal agencies data.json files. Once you have found your datasatets, you can clean up, publish, and share here.

Farmers Markets

The goal of publishing these CSV and JSON alternatives is to make this data easier to consumer, and integrate into websites, applications, visualizations, and other integrations.

APIs

This is a sample API generated from the dataset above. It is described using Swagger which allows the generation of interactive documentation, while also describing the meta data and surface area of an API.

Farmers Markets

The goal of launching these APIs is to make this data easier to consumer, and integrate into websites, applications, visualizations, and other integrations.

Showcase

This is a showcase of what is being build on top of this open data and APIs. Right now it is just sample data, but when you launch for your project, you can showcase everything that is being developed.

Showcase Item One - This is the description for the first thing that was build on top of the data or APIs included as part of this project....view.

Showcase Item Two - This is the description for the first thing that was build on top of the data or APIs included as part of this project....view.

Showcase Item Four - This is the description for the first thing that was build on top of the data or APIs included as part of this project....view.

This project is designed to be used, and extended, please share what you have built so it can be included here on the showcase, for others to find.

Team

This is a solo project conducted by Kin Lane as part of the Adopta.Agency project.

Kin Lane - The API Evangelist, working to make data, content, and other digital resources more accessible.
Audrey Watters - writer @hackeducation, ed-tech's Cassandra, author of The Monsters of Education Technology.

If you would like to get involved with this work, please submit an issue via the Github repo.

Tools

This is a list of tools that are used as part of this project.

Github (Social Project Platform).
Github Pages (Free Project Hosting).
Google Spreadsheets (Web-based Spreadsheets).
API Spark (API Deployment From Spreadsheets.).
CSV Converter (CSV to JSON Converter).
JSON Editor Online (JSON Editor).
D3.js (Visualizations from CSV and JSON files.).

We share the tools we used to help others understand how to recreate the work.

FAQ

These are some of the common questions that need answering, or get asked as part of the work around this project.

Why are you doing this? - I want to make data more accessible and usable, encouraging people to build it into more websites, applications, visualizations, and anywhere it can be used.
Where did this data come from? - It could come from data.gov, one of the data.json files of government agencies, or any other location you find the data you need.
What are you planning on doing with this data? - You can visit the roadmap for more information.
How do I talk to someone behind this project? - This site runs on Github Pages, and relies on Github issue management for support. Go ahead and submit an issue via the project repository.

Questions that get submitted via the projects Github issue managment are sometimes added here.

Support

If you need any help, have questions, or would like to get involved, please use the following links.