Michael Wraps Up His Internship — Open Data Radar Is Live
Three weeks ago we welcomed Michael Ebalukhe to ODON to work on Open Data Radar, a project that puts our Open Data Maturity Model (ODMM) to work as a public, searchable registry of Austrian open data. His internship wrapped up this week — and Open Data Radar is live.
What it is. Open Data Radar rates Austrian open data along both dimensions of the ODMM: how legally reusable a dataset is (L1–L4) and how technically usable it actually is (T1–T4) — not just whether someone slapped an “open” label on it. The first release covers 33 Austrian traffic and mobility datasets in a searchable, filterable table, with plain-language explanations behind every rating and a German/English toggle. More categories are planned.
How he got there. Michael’s first week was fundamentals before a line of the project itself got written: Git and GitHub workflows, Markdown, and AI-supported development, using ODON’s own internal curriculum (Learning Git, Learning Markdown, Learning AI-Supported Coding). From there he moved into rating real datasets from data.gv.at by hand, helping draft the rating guide, and shaping the tool people can now use.
Open Data Radar is published under CC BY 4.0 and open to contributions — email us at info@odon.at if you’d like to add a dataset or a category.
Thank you, Michael — three weeks, and you left something others can build on.
Interested in doing something similar? ODON runs internships year-round on real Open Data projects with lasting impact.