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  Data Standardization

  All government agencies that provide data to the public should offer the data in standardized forms. This would include both the format (CSV, XML, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, etc.) and structure. For example, the State Energy Data System at EIA provides its annual data update in CSV, with columns for the variable name, location, date, and value. This would likely need to be modified for various applications, but if ...more »

  All government agencies that provide data to the public should offer the data in standardized forms. This would include both the format (CSV, XML, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, etc.) and structure. For example, the State Energy Data System at EIA provides its annual data update in CSV, with columns for the variable name, location, date, and value. This would likely need to be modified for various applications, but if the columns are predictable it would make using the data far easier.

  This could be taken one step further, to provide the data online to qualified users. For example, the data could be offered in a government-maintained SQL Server for webmasters and programmers to use directly without having to download and insert the data into their own or their host's server.

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  Submitted by mwulfe 2 years ago

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  Visualize Energy Data

  I have used several data sets from USDOE to enable graphical viewing of energy data. There are two components so far: one uses the State Energy Data System (SEDS) for annual, statewide data on consumption, expenditures, and prices by energy source, sector, and year. Visitors can design and build their own custom pie, bar, and line graphs. The data should be updated to include 2008 by the beginning of July, 2010, after ...more »

  I have used several data sets from USDOE to enable graphical viewing of energy data. There are two components so far: one uses the State Energy Data System (SEDS) for annual, statewide data on consumption, expenditures, and prices by energy source, sector, and year. Visitors can design and build their own custom pie, bar, and line graphs. The data should be updated to include 2008 by the beginning of July, 2010, after all data for 2008 become available.

  The second component uses gasoline and highway diesel pricess from USDOE, and is updated weekly. Visitors can display line graphs of prices by region of the US, or for some states and cities (limited only by the availablility of data).

  Both components have one-click examples, and use data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy. Please visit at:

  http://www.USEnergyData.Net

  Thanks, and please comment!

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