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Socrata Open Data API

Socrata is an online community for producers, publishers, and consumers of data. Through a suite of innovative Web services, Socrata provides the world's most comprehensive platform for social data discovery. Socrata API are sets of REST resources you can use to manage Socrata entities and data. Resources are grouped by areas of related high-level functionality.

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Socrata Open Data : Highlights

Summary: Online data sharing service

Category: Government

Tags: government reference

Protocols: REST

Data Formats: XML, JSON, RDF, CSV, XLS, PDF, TXT

API home: http://dev.socrata.com

Socrata Open Data : Specifications

Functionality

Client Install Required: No

Signup and Licensing

Signup Requirements: Accessible without an account, developer accounts will be mandatory soon.

Developer Key Required: No

Account Required: No

Commercial Licensing: Yes

Provider: www.socrata.com

Non-Commercial Lic.: Yes

Data Licensing: Public Domain, Creative Commons, etc, depending on data publisher.

Usage Fees: Free

Program Fees

Certification Program

Usage Limits: Depends on the customer's service plan.

Terms of Service: www.socrata.com/terms-of-service

Security

Authentication Model: HTTP Basic Authentication over SSL, OAuth (upcoming)

SSL Support: Yes

Read-only Without Login: Yes

Support

Vendor API Kits: github.com/socrata

Community API Kits: github.com/socrata

API Blog: dev.socrata.com/blog/

Site Blog: blog.socrata.com

API Forum: getsatisfaction.com/socrata/products/socrata_socra...

Developer Support: getsatisfaction.com/socrata/products/socrata_socra...

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