# 03 - Open Data API Design: Publishing & Consuming Government Data

API design for open data: DCAT standard, RESTful APIs, pagination, caching and open data portals.

## What you'll learn

- DCAT-AP_IT Standard: Metadata for Public Data
- CKAN: the Italian PA Open Data Portal
- REST API Design for Open Data
- Data Quality: Validation and Profiling
- PDND: Italy's National Data Interoperability Platform

*This article is part of the **GovTech** series on federicocalo.dev.*

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## Read the full article

The complete article (24 min read) with code examples, diagrams, and practical exercises is available here:

**➡️ [03 - Open Data API Design: Publishing & Consuming Government Data](https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/open-data-api-design-publishing-consuming-government)**

`https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/open-data-api-design-publishing-consuming-government`

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*By [Federico Calò](https://federicocalo.dev) — Software Developer & Technical Writer*