[Air-L] Non-software uses of GitHub

[Johan Richer]

*DB.nomics <http://db.nomics.world/>* uses GitLab (open-source, self-hosted
alternative to GitHub) to store and manage *macroeconomic data*. Scripts
<https://git.nomics.world/dbnomics-fetchers> download datasets from sources
(IMF, World Bank, etc., more than 50 providers are planned) which are stored
into repositories <https://git.nomics.world/dbnomics-source-data>,
then converted
into JSON and CSV files <https://git.nomics.world/dbnomics-json-data>, then
indexed and published via the API to the free public website (new UI in
development <https://next.nomics.world/>).
As far as I know this is the first time Git is used as a system to store
and manage as much volume for an open data project.

The Datahub Core Data <http://datahub.io/docs/core-data> project is
similar, using GitHub <https://github.com/datasets/>, but with less volume.

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Edward M. Corrado <ecorrado at ecorrado.us>
wrote:

> I know of a number of libraries that use it for internal documentation of
> policies and procedures.
>
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Seda Guerses <sguerses at esat.kuleuven.be>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey Jim,
> >
> > Open Source Publishing, a group that came out of Constant, a Brussels
> > based arts collective, have been researching and using versioning systems
> > in graphic design/typography.
> > http://strabic.fr/OSP-Visual-Culture
> > In case you don’t speak French, this video is in English:
> > https://vimeo.com/107907361
> >
> > OSP has specifically focused on what it means to use versioning systems
> > for collaborative work on images rather than on text/code.
> > They use git, and not github, due to problems with licensing in the
> latter.
> >
> > Also see: Libra Graphics Research Unit where much of this experimentation
> > started.
> > http://www.constantvzw.org/site/-Libre-Graphics-Research-Unit-.html
> >
> > Looking forward to see what you compile.
> > s.
> >
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