New Tool Request: data.json broker

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New Tool Request: data.json broker #568

Open rebeccawilliams opened 7 years ago

rebeccawilliams commented 7 years ago

While data.json converters and validators exist, it would be helpful to create a data.json broker or series of brokers that convert several flat csvs to the data.json format. I see this being very useful for local governments as well, who have and are comfortable with Excel, but are overwhelmed by the JSON format or procuring/building an "open data portal."

See:

https://github.com/18F/data-act-pilot
http://ambry.io/papers/ambry-data-bundles/

philipashlock commented 7 years ago

Can you explain how this would be different than any of the current CSV converters or lightweight catalog tools?