Standards & Guidelines

Cambridge's Open Data Program is committed to maintaining the highest standards for data quality, consistency, and usability. Here you'll find guidelines and best practices for city staff and community partners who work with Cambridge's open data ecosystem.  

• Data Publication Standard - Guide for City staff publishing data sets, visualizations, dashboards, reports, or other data products.
• Data Quality Guide - Comprehensive framework for maintaining high-quality standards across all Cambridge datasets, both open and internal
• Demographic Battery - Standardized approach for collecting demographic information in surveys and data collection efforts 
• Data Retirement Policy -  Guidelines for flagging and removing outdated or historical datasets on the Open Data Portal