World Bank Blogs http://blogs.worldbank.org/planet.xml IBRD and IDA: Working for a World Free of Poverty. en A new help desk aims to give data users a voice http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/a-new-help-desk-aims-to-give-data-users-a-voice <p>As part of our Open Data initiative, we’ve just launched a new <a href="https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/">World Bank Data Help Desk</a>, a platform that integrates feedback, help desk, and knowledge management tools into one easy-to-use platform. We hope it will empower users to get quicker answers to their questions, and encourage a dialogue about how to improve data for development.</p> <p><strong>Give Feedback (we want to hear from you!)</strong></p> <p>You can now easily submit and discuss feedback and ideas in forums - post &nbsp;a comment using either your name and email address, or sign in using your Google or Facebook accounts (there's no need to sign up for a new account). Visit any of the existing forums to join existing conversations on data, or submit your own ideas and start a new discussion.</p> <p><img src="http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/files/opendata/help-desk-1.png" width="500" height="312" style="margin-left: -10px;" alt=""></p> <p><strong>Knowledge base</strong></p> <p>Our new <a href="https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/#knowledgebase">Knowledge Base</a> is a great tool that can provide you with instant answers to common questions. Browse through our list of topics for quick answers, or “<strong>Ask a Question</strong>”: as you type in a phrase or key word, you'll see any relevant Knowledge Base articles on the left side</p> <p><img src="http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/files/opendata/help-desk-2.png" width="500" height="404" alt="" style="margin-left: -10px;"></p> <p><strong>Still have questions?</strong></p> <p>Still haven’t found what you’re looking for? Then contact us directly for support! Just click the “<strong>Ask a Question</strong>” button on the <a href="https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/">Helpdesk site</a> or click the “<strong>Help/Feedback</strong>” button on the bottom of every page on the <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/">Open Data website</a> - and send us a message. We aim to respond as quickly as possible, normally within 3 days.</p> <p><img src="http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/files/opendata/help-desk-3.png" width="500" height="314" alt="" style="margin-left: -10px;"></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:51:52 -0400 Alison J. Kwong The Future of the Open Data Catalog http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/the-future-of-the-open-data-data-catalog <p>The World Bank launched <a href="http://data.worldbank.org">data.worldbank.org</a> in April 2010, with over 2,000 World Development Indicators. Since its launch over two years ago, you can now find datasets that include <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/climate-change">Climate</a>, <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/projects-portfolio">Projects &amp; Operations</a>, <a href="http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php">Microdata</a>, <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-bank-finances">Finances</a> and many other topics. As more data become available and a growing and diverse audience begins to use it, we have <a href="http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/open-data-at-the-world-bank-2-years-old-today">identified a set of priorities to manage this growth sustainably</a>.</p> <p>One essential piece of this strategy involves the World Bank’s open data catalog. What began as a modest collection of data resources has expanded to include over 90 data sets, APIs, over 8,000 indicators, and even other data catalogs. As it has grown, it’s become increasingly important that we make the catalog more technologically capable, but also more user friendly, readable and understandable.</p> <p><strong>What are we proposing?</strong></p> <p><strong>Fully searchable.</strong>&nbsp; The new data catalog will be fully searchable, both through full text search (like conventional search engines) and faceted search. That allows users to find datasets much more quickly, and filter results by categories such as data type, format, or coverage.</p> <p><strong>Federated.</strong> The current data catalog includes many different World Bank open data catalogs, such as <a href="http://finances.worldbank.org">Finances</a> and <a href="http://worldbank.org/projects">Projects</a>, but not the data sets they contain. The new data catalog will allow you to search multiple World Bank open data catalogs from a single location.</p> <p><strong>User friendly.</strong>&nbsp; We are looking at making several improvements to the catalog’s user interface to make it easier to read and navigate, with improvements such as sortable columns and shortcuts to data query tools.</p> <p><strong>Better metadata.</strong>&nbsp; More comprehensive and easier to read metadata, including a data catalog API and support for multiple languages, which will be phased in over time.</p> <p><strong>Expandable and scalable.</strong>&nbsp; Support for additional data types, larger datasets, and greater numbers of datasets.</p> <p><img src="/opendata/files/opendata/data-catalog.png" alt="" width="505" height="410" border="0"></p> <p><strong>Moving forward</strong></p> <p>We would really value input from users as we take this work forward. &nbsp;What could be improved? What works well and &nbsp;what doesn’t work so well in the current catalog? &nbsp;Have we missed any features that are important to you? Please let us know what you think – please leave a comment, or email us directly at <a href="mailto: data@worldbank.org">data@worldbank.org</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>*Edit: Bruno Sanchez A Nuno shares his thoughts on our plans on his <a href="http://brunosan.eu/2013/01/17/upgrading-world-data-bank/">blog</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:34:39 -0500 Alison J. Kwong
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