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New York City: Open Data Policy and Technical Standards
New York City Open Data Policy and Technical Standards Manual
Final versions of statistical or factual information
- In alphanumeric form reflected in a list, table, graph, chart or other non-narrative form, that can be digitally transmitted or processed; and
- Regularly created or maintained by or on behalf of and owned by an agency that records a measurement, transaction, or determination related to the mission of an agency.
Data shall not include information provided to an agency by other governmental entities, nor shall it include image files, such as designs, drawings, maps, photos, or scanned copies of original documents, provided that it shall include statistical or factual information about such image files and shall include geographic information system (GIS) data.
A named collection of related records on a storage device, with the collection containing individual data units organized or formatted in a specific and prescribed way, often in tabular form, and accessed by a specific access method that is based on the data set organization.
Contextual information that makes the public data sets easier to understand and use.
A technical standard developed and maintained by a voluntary consensus standards body that is available to the public without royalty or fee.
- A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder (such as an entity, member of the public, or the City) to solve a problem or achieve an objective.
- A condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a solution or solution component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed document.
- A singular documented need of what a particular product or service should be or perform.
A standard that includes:
- The common and repeated use of rules, conditions, guidelines, or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, and related management systems practices; and
- (i) The definition of terms; (ii) classification of components; (iii) delineation of procedures; (iv) specifications of dimensions, materials, performance, designs, or operations; (v) measurement of quality and quantity in describing materials, processes, products, systems, services, or practices; (vi) test methods and sampling procedures; or (vii) descriptions of fit and measurements of size or strength.
A domestic or international organization that develops and maintains a technical standard. A Voluntary Consensus Standards Body utilizes a transparent deliberative process, permits the participation of any party, and achieves general consensus, although not necessarily unanimity, of the participating parties, including a process for attempting to resolve any differences in viewpoint.