This GitHub organization contains open-source tooling, documentation, and reference implementations maintained by the Fach- und Koordinationsstelle Open Government Data (FK OGD) of the Canton of Zurich. Our mission is to make open administrative data from cantonal units and publicly related organizations easy to find, easy to use, and easy to understand—so they can create measurable value for society. We coordinate OGD publication across the canton, support data stewards and data-holding units, and operate key building blocks such as the cantonal metadata management and the data catalog.
- Specialist unit (FK OGD)
- Open data overview (Canton of Zurich)
- Publishing support & guidelines
- Data catalogue
- Handbook & standards for publishing Open Government Data (metadata, dissemination, and practical guidance)
- Tooling for the cantonal metadata platform and catalog APIs
- Starter code (R/Python notebooks) to help users work with datasets reproducibly
- Analytics and dashboards for understanding catalog usage
- Documentation repositories for dataset variables, formats, and definitions
- Selected open datasets/reference publications (some are archived for historical reasons)
ogd-handbook— Handbook, guidelines, and glossary for metadata management and OGD publication.zhapir— R package to interact with the cantonal metadata management API and maintain datasets/distributions efficiently.ogd_analytics_app— Shiny app to analyze data-catalog usage (downloads/visits, trends, publisher stats).starter-code-openZH— Preconfigured R Markdown and Python notebooks for CSV datasets from the canton’s data shop.NachbR— R toolkit to retrieve and structure official building permit publications for analysis.
