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Welcome to the ODE User Guide!

The Open Data Editor (ODE) is a tool for non-technical data practitioners to explore and detect errors in tables. It also allows users to publish data on GitHub, Zenodo and CKAN portals.

ODE is powered by Frictionless, a toolkit created by the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) to help data practitioners find errors in data in an easier way.

In October 2023, the OKFN team released a beta version of the ODE for early adopters. Since then, and thanks to the support of McGovern Foundation, in March 2024 our team started working on a new product vision for the app which focused on reducing the number of features available to users to transform the app into a validation tool for tables.

This user guide has been updated to adapt its content for the ODE pre-release in September 2024.

How to download and install the app

To download the ODE app, please, click here

Open Data Editor is available on all major platforms:

  • For Windows: Download the most recent EXE file.
  • For MacOS: Download the most recent DMG file.
  • For Linux: Download the most recent AppImage or DEB file.

Windows

Go to the RELEASES and download the most recent EXE file.

  1. If you receive the following message click Continue download

DOWNLOAD SECURITY

  1. After downloading, double click to run the app. You may encounter the security message window, click More info and proceed.

SECURITY MESSAGE

  1. Click Run anyway to run the application.

SECURITY MESSAGE STEP 2

MacOS

Go to the RELEASES and download the most recent DMG file.

  1. If you encounter security message, click on the question mark and then click the link in the first section.

DOWNLOAD SECURITY

  1. Change settings to allow app to execute.

DOWNLOAD SETTINGS

Linux

For Linux, there are two options available:

  • AppImage (for any distributions)
  • deb (for Ubuntu/Debian)

Any Distribution

Go to the RELEASES and download the most recent AppImage file. After downloading, you have to make it executable:

MAKE EXECUTABLE

Then double-click on the file to start the application.

Ubuntu/Debian

Go to the RELEASES and download the most recent DEB file. Double click on the file and it will initiate the installation process.

MAKE INSTALLATION

After installation, you can use it.

INSTALLED APP