A regional open-data site publishes CSVs and APIs that other agencies mash up. How should BDPC candidates classify that feed?
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Short Explanation
Open-data portals are the city’s public pantry—CSVs and APIs others can cook with. They are real sources for mashups, even when they are not your internal system of record. Inventory them; do not pretend they do not exist.
Full Explanation
Open and government data portals are common external or shared sources in civic Big Data work. Published CSVs and APIs enable cross-agency mashups and public applications. They complement, rather than fully replace, authoritative internal systems. Source inventories should include them with freshness and license notes.