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5th July 2008 - Link Blog

CKAN - Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network. Aims to be the “Debian of data”, with apt-get style tools for installing datasets. Presented at Open Tech 2008 by Rufus Pollock.

Posted 5th July 2008 at 3:24 pm

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