Talking Drupal #545 - DKAN

Talking Drupal · Mar 23, 2026 · 1h 1m

Today we are talking about the open data platform DKAN, what it's used for, and how it applies to Drupal with guests Liz Tupper & Dan Feder. We'll also cover Modern Drupal Dashboard as our module of the week.

For show notes visit:

https://www.talkingDrupal.com/545

Topics

What Is DKAN

Who Uses Open Data

20:08 DKAN Origin Story

Why Drupal Fits DKAN

From Distribution to Module

DKAN 2 Rebuild and JSON Shift

Async Jobs and API First

How Teams Publish Data

What a Dataset Really Is

Metadata vs Data Access

Why DKAN Left Drupal Org

Migration Path to DKAN Four

Harvesting and Data Store ETL

APIs…