Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Content model for schools and universities Updated Markdown page
Shipped Exponential classes that fit an education site and recipes for Program, Course, Department and Policy document classes with real datatypes, including relations between programs, courses, departments and people.
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The first 90 days for schools and universities Updated Markdown page
A 90-day plan for a school, college or university starting with Exponential - central site and admissions first, departments and the intranet next, launch timed to the academic year - with checks.
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Intranets and department subsites Updated Markdown page
How a college or university runs many department subsites and an intranet for staff and students on one Exponential installation - siteaccesses, sections, a shared design with variants, sign-in, and the decisions that…
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Requirements emphasis for schools and universities Updated Markdown page
The requirements that weigh most for an education site - accessibility, data and images of minors, staff and student accounts that change every year, languages, records - and what Exponential provides for each.
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Structure, sections and roles for schools and universities Updated Markdown page
A public tree by audience for an education site, a section per department and for the intranet, and roles for central communications, department editors, staff and student readers.
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What schools and universities publish Updated Markdown page
The content public schools, school districts, colleges and universities typically publish - admissions, programs, calendars, news, policies, public profiles, staff and student information - and what each needs from…
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Open data Updated Markdown page
The open data section of the government help: what open data means for a public body, and how to publish datasets with Exponential (classes, files, licenses, stable addresses, catalog, feeds, REST API, exports), with…
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A data catalog page Updated Markdown page
How to build the page that lists all datasets of a public body in Exponential: a catalog folder, a list view with license and format, filters by theme with tags, a search box limited to the catalog, and the feed link.
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DCAT and national portals Updated Markdown page
Exponential has no DCAT output and no CKAN connector. This page explains the options for getting datasets published in Exponential into a national or European data portal: a DCAT template of your own, a separate catalog…
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Designing a dataset class Updated Markdown page
For site builders in a public body who need dataset pages: a content class "Dataset" with a "Distribution" child class, built in Setup > Classes from the datatypes Exponential ships, with identifiers that map to DCAT…
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Exporting content as CSV, JSON or XML Updated Markdown page
How to turn content held in Exponential (registers, lists of service points, directories kept as content objects) into open data files: the xrowextract Export tab and its commands, the kernel's exp:ezcsvexport, and the…
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Feeds for new and changed datasets Updated Markdown page
Set up an RSS 2.0 or Atom feed that lists the newest datasets of the catalog in Setup > RSS, choose which fields become title and description, and check what re-users receive.
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Licensing datasets Updated Markdown page
For people who decide under which terms a public body's datasets are published: what an open license must allow, how to record the license on every dataset page in Exponential, and what to check before choosing one.
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Metadata fields for datasets Updated Markdown page
A reference for editors and site builders that maps each common dataset metadata term (DCAT 3) to an Exponential datatype, with guidance on what to write in it and which fields a catalog usually requires.
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Open data checklist Updated Markdown page
One checklist for launching and running an open data catalog on Exponential, from the first decisions to the yearly review, with a link to the page that explains each item.
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Open data in Exponential at a glance Updated Markdown page
One table of every Exponential feature that helps a public body publish open data, with where it lives and what it does not do, so a project manager can scope the work in minutes.
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Privacy checks before publishing data Updated Markdown page
A check routine for data teams before a dataset goes public: personal data in columns and free text, small counts that identify people, metadata inside files, and what Exponential itself adds or records when you publish.
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Publishing dataset files Updated Markdown page
Step by step for editors: create a dataset page, upload its files as distributions, check the download works for an anonymous visitor, and replace a file with a new version without breaking the address.
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Stable URLs for datasets Updated Markdown page
How to give every dataset an address that keeps working for years: what Exponential does automatically after renames and moves, what breaks an address, and the rules a data team should agree on.
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Tagging and themes for datasets Updated Markdown page
How to classify datasets by theme so people and portals can find them: a controlled theme list with eztags (tag tree, synonyms, tag pages) or a simple selection field, and rules for keeping the list small and stable.