Open Data BCN (Barcelona)

Open Data BCN (Barcelona)

Ajuntament de Barcelona's Open Data BCN portal exposes a keyless CKAN REST API (package_list, package_show, datastore_search) for Barcelona municipal open data. The terms of use page says: "Most data sets are published under the terms and conditions of Creative Commons- Attribution(CC-BY 4.0) licence, under which such data are allowed :", and separately: "any data involving third-party participation may be reused under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND 4.0) licence".

Coverage

The CKAN package_list endpoint returned 558 dataset slugs today (for example accidents-gu-bcn, accessibilitat-via-publica and cens-activitats-economiques-class-bcn); package_show and datastore_search retrieve a given dataset's metadata and row-level data. Each dataset carries its own licence (CC-BY 4.0, or CC BY-ND 4.0 for datasets involving third-party participation). History start and update frequency: Not stated beyond per-dataset metadata.

Verdict

Keyless CKAN REST API (package_list, package_show, datastore_search) over Barcelona municipal open data. The terms of use page says: "Most data sets are published under the terms and conditions of Creative Commons- Attribution(CC-BY 4.0) licence, under which such data are allowed :" and separately: "any data involving third-party participation may be reused under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND 4.0) licence". Where attribution is required: "Where authorship must be attributed and Barcelona City Council cited as the source of the data sets, the citation must be made in the following way:" "Source of the data: Barcelona City Council". Check each dataset's own licence field before reuse. Rate limits: Not stated on the pages read today. Signal Lab links only.