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Overview
HXL is a
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simple standard to make data easier to share and process.
Process
No new skills or software are required: just add a row of hashtags to your spreadsheet (or database API output) between the headers and the data rows, and you’re done.
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Outputs/Resources
HXL Standard website: Includes the HXL standard itself, along with links to tools and other resources.
The main core of the HXL standard fits on a field-friendly 10×15 cm (4×6 in) postcard, available in French, English, Spanish, and Arabic.
Information on IM tools for working with HXL-tagged data is available at hxlstandard.org/tools
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HXL postcards: Printable, postcard-sized HXL overviews in English and French.
Arabic and Spanish HXL postcards: Printable, postcard-sized HXL overviews in Arabic and Spanish.
Core HXL hashtags and attributes: The official reference source for HXL hashtags and attributes (more detail than the postcards).
How can we get involved with defining the standard? Join the hxlproject@googlegroups.com mailing list.
For more questions, email centrehumdata@un.org
Introductory HXL session for beginners
Core HXL hashtags and attributes: The official reference source for HXL hashtags and attributes (more detail than the postcards).
HDX dataset of HXL hashtags and attributes:A machine-readable dataset of HXL hashtags and attributes.
HXL hashtag chooser app: Interactive, mobile-friendly app to help pick the appropriate hashtags and attributes for a column.
Quick Charts on HDX Tools (to experiment outside of HDX): Build Quick Charts for datasets not hosted on HDX, or experiment with different combinations.
Session for Advanced HXL Users
Indicator registry: The official IASC indicator registry, used as an example in the presentation.
Quick Charts on HDX Tools (to experiment outside of HDX): Build Quick Charts for datasets not hosted on HDX, or experiment with different combinations.
HDX Data Check: Validation service for HXL-hashtagged documents. It is also possible to write your own validation schemas using a spreadsheet (see HXL schemas), and to use an API for remote validation (Validation service).
HXL Dash: Full HXL-driven dashboard, developed in partnership with the British Red Cross.
HXL Proxy:Online data engine for filtering, cleaning, transforming, combining, and validating HXL-hashtagged datasets.
User documentation: https://github.com/HXLStandard/hxl-proxy/wiki
libhxl: HXL libraries for Python and Javascript software developers.
Python: https://github.com/HXLStandard/libhxl-python or https://pypi.org/project/libhxl/
Javascript: https://github.com/HXLStandard/libhxl-js
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