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data: (da • ta ) n. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
TheDataWeb for the DataFerrett logo ferret: ( fer' • it ) v. To uncover and to bring to light by searching; to search intensively.


TheDataWeb is a site to support and promote organizational and multi-agency collaborative efforts to enhance the DataFerrett project  
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What is TheDataWeb?

TheDataWeb is the network of online data libraries and the infrastructure for intelligent browsing and accessing data across the Internet using the DataFerrett as the interface. TheDataWeb brings together under one umbrella demographic, economic, environmental, health, (and more) datasets that are usually separated by geography and/or organization. TheDataWeb is the infrastructure for intelligent browsing and accessing data across the Internet.

TheDataWeb provides access across the Internet using the DataFerrett interface to use demographic, economic, environmental, health, and other databases housed in different systems in different agencies and organizations. TheDataWeb is a collection of systems and software that provide data query and extract capabilities, as well as data analysis and visualization tools, i.e., the DataFerrett. As a user, you have an easy access to all these kinds of data. Other data topics include, census data, income, population data, labor data, cancer data, crime and transportation data, family dynamics, vital statistics data, . . . As a participant in TheDataWeb, you can publish your data to TheDataWeb and, in turn, benefit as a provider to the consumer of data.

Moving from data dissemination to data intelligence on the desktop for relevant for decision-making

Data is too difficult to use. Data driven decisions are often difficult to achieve because:

1. Finding the right data to use is often confusing.
2. Finding the right way to use the data correctly is very time-consuming.
3. Finding inexpensive tools that help you manipulate and integrate data easily and properly are nearly impossible.
4. Finding tools that allow you to create interactive WEB 2.0 websites are difficult and expensive.
5. Data is organized in different ways, every time that a report is done a new copy of the data needs to be downloaded organized for that report and updated regularly. Data is usually out of date and difficult to reuse. The internet does not network datasets together well.

The DataWeb Framework is designed to solve these issues

The DataWeb Framework is composed of three parts:

* DataFERRETT A web-based analytical workspace
* HotReports: A website builder that uses any of the networked data in the DataWeb. It allows you the ability to build websites on focused topics or issues. It encourages reuse of data, so that your data can be used in multiple websites at once while only being maintained and updated once.
* DataWeb Webservices: The computer plumbing that networks all the data together.

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Last update: 5/4/10



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