Case Studies for Frictionless Data

Posted on 30 November 2016 by Dan Fowler

For our Frictionless Data project, we were curious to learn about some of the common issues users face when working with data. To that end, we started a Case Study series to highlight projects and organizations working with the Frictionless Data specifications and tooling in interesting and innovative ways.

Through several interviews over the past several months, we now have three case studies published on a range of topics: data science in the browser, the provision of clean power system data for energy researchers, and re-usable components for cloud-based data-intensive workflows.

Dataship

http://frictionlessdata.io/case-studies/dataship/

We interviewed Waylon Finn of Dataship to learn more about how he uses the Data Package specifications. Dataship is a way to share data and analysis, from simple charts to complex machine learning, with anyone in the world easily and for free. The Data Package acts as the base format for Dataship notebooks.

Open Power System Data

http://frictionlessdata.io/case-studies/open-power-system-data/

We spoke to Lion Hirth and Ingmar Schlecht about Open Power System Data, a free-of-charge and open platform providing clean, high quality data needed for power system analysis and modeling. The project is aimed at resolving some of the most common, persistent issues energy researchers face when working with data.

Tesera

http://frictionlessdata.io/case-studies/tesera/

Spencer Cox of Tesera Systems, Inc. shared how his team is using the Frictionless Data specifications across a range of purpose-built tools to power data-driven applications in the cloud.

Reach out to us

If you are using any of the Frictionless Data specifications—JSON Table Schema, Data Packages—for your project, big or small, reach out to us. We can work together on developing a case study to share your project with the world!