Google has decided to open its public data Explorer to upload data to it, significantly broadening the scope of contributors over the current roster of hand.
Google public data Explorer launched about a year ago as a tool for people who aren't necessarily tech-savvy or statisticians to research, analyze and visualize data sets on topics as unemployment rates, income, population, diseases and life expectancy.
Until now, Google has fueled the tool with data from organisations such as the U.s. Census Bureau, the World Bank, Eurostat and the International Monetary Fund. These data providers are in the directory of the site and have helped Google to refine and enhance the site with their feedback.
But Wednesday, Google is adding an interface to upload the site and making the data format of the service open for use by anyone. The format, called Dataset Publishing Language (DSPL), is based on XML and built for use in interactive graphics.
While Google reserves the inclusion in the directory official notes organizations and Government agencies, anyone will be able to upload site data, generate charts and share them with others if they want, said Benjamin Yolken, product manager, Google public data.
"We hope that will accelerate the process [of adding data sets] with this launch," he said.
Despite this update, public data Explorer keeps the tag Labs, which means that Google considers to be still a very early stage, the experimental project.
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