![Drupal + Socrata
socrata_filter
•Provides ability to embed Socrata widgets inline with content
•Themable + templated for customization
•No muss upgrade path to responsive widgets in the works
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Phase2 - Drupal + Socrata
- 1. Drupal + Socrata = Open Data for the Masses!
- 2. by Robert Bates Phase2 rbates@phase2technology.com arpieb most other places
- 4. We know Drupal… What is Socrata?
- 5. Socrata is… • a cloud based data repository with all the right buzzwords • a visualization platform for data sets of any size • a web service to interface with your data from any platform • a UI into your data to manage workflow and availability • a secure platform for storing private and public datasets
- 6. Socrata is not… • vendor lock-in • yet another distributed database • closed architecture
- 7. Socrata solves… • problems with data being scattered across disparate systems • transparency issues • Open Data Policy + Executive Order 13642
- 9. Drupal + Socrata New Socrata project on d.o! •Exportable dataset definitions •Views integration •Input filter for text formats •… more to come! https://drupal.org/project/socrata
- 10. Drupal + Socrata socrata •Exportable dataset definitions via ctools •Allows user-friendly naming: ‘NYC-DCA-Sidewalk-Cafes’ vs. ‘5cy7-ytuk’ •Centralized management walled off via permissions
- 11. Drupal + Socrata socrata_views •Leverages existing field-based contrib plugins •Takes advantage of Views exportables •Abstracts the complexity of SoQL / SODA2 API
- 12. Drupal + Socrata socrata_filter •Provides ability to embed Socrata widgets inline with content •Themable + templated for customization •No muss upgrade path to responsive widgets in the works [socrata source= NYC-DCA-Sidewalk-Cafes width=600 height=400]
- 13. Drupal + Socrata socrata_??? •WYSIWYG plugin for UI-driven embeds? •Taxonomy sync with datasets? •Publisher API support! •Suggestions…? Toss ‘em in the queue!
- 14. TL;DR What can it do?
- 15. What can it do?
- 16. What can it do?
- 17. Live demolition!
- 20. What we need… Drupal 7.x Views 3.x Socrata 1.x Sundry and assorted Views field-based display plugins Socrata dataset(s)
- 21. Questions?