The Connecticut Open Data Portal makes state agency data publicly available in machine-readable format to increase government transparency, drive efficiencies, and spark innovation. Agency staff can publish data directly on the Open Data Portal or with the support of the DAPA unit at OPM. For support on publishing data to the Open Data Portal, state agency staff can contact Scott Gaul, Chief Data Officer, or Pauline Zaldonis, Research Analyst.
Resources for agency staff on open data are listed below.
- Metadata guidelines for publishing on the Open Data Portal. Guidance on meeting the metadata requirements for the Open Data Portal.
- Data aggregation guidance. Guidance for aggregating sensitive data so that it may be published as open data, including an Excel spreadsheet with examples of aggregated data.
- Guidance on measuring open data use. Guidance for publishers on the Open Data Portal on how to better understand the use and impact of their datasets.
- Data retirement guidelines for the Open Data Portal. A guidance document detailing the circumstances by which an asset may be removed from the Open Data Portal and the process for retiring the asset.
- Data publication guidelines for the Open Data Portal. A document with guidance on the publication of data on the state's Open Data Portal.
- Automation guidelines for the Open Data Portal. A guidance document on several automation options for data publication to the Open Data Portal.
- Data Visualization 101. A guidance document for data visualization best practices from the Office of Early Childhood.
- Socrata resources for using the Open Data Portal. A list of resources from Socrata on using the Open Data Portal.
- Data publishing resources
- Using the Socrata Data Management Experience
- Getting Started with Data Publishing Using the Publisher API
- Data visualization and exploration resources
- Creating a Visualization in the Visualization Canvas
- Publishing and Visualizing Geospatial Data
- Development and API documentation