The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) is a Web-based system for the storage and distribution of data, such as spreadsheets and the contents of databases supported by the Open Knowledge Foundation. It is inspired by the package management capabilities common to open source operating systems like Linux, and is intended to be the "apt-get of Debian for data".^[1]

The system is used both as a public platform on ckan.net and in various government data catalogues, such as the UK's data.gov.uk^[2], Norway's data.norge.no and the Dutch national data register.

1. ↑ Rufus Pollock, Daniel Dietrich: CKAN: apt-get for the Debian of Data. In: 26th Chaos Communication Congress. 28. Dezember 2009, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2011. 
2. ↑ data.gov.uk: data.gov.uk - Project Info. 30. September 2009, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2011. 

• ckan.org - home of the software
• ckan.net - home of the canonical installation of CKAN
• okfn.org - home of the Open Knowledge Foundation

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