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11 - Introduction to the Open Energy Databus#

For whom is this training and what can you learn?#

This course is aimed at researchers, no matter whether you have programming skills or not, who want

  • to find energy data
  • use data from different databases

After reading the sections of this training course you will

  • manually register datasets and versions on the Databus

What is the Open Energy Databus?#

The DBpedia Databus is a transformative platform for agile data integration, collaboration, and automation via a structured metadata Knowledge Graph. The Databus implements well-known concepts from Software Engineering such as agile rapid prototyping, build automation, test-driven development for Data Engineering. It connects data via a loosely-coupled bus system and a common, but extensible metadata format through state-of-the-art semantic technologies such as ontologies, SPARQL, SHACL and Linked Data.

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🔥 Hot Fact: The DBpedia Databus condenses 15 years of expertise from the DBpedia Community into an accessible open-source tool.

How to search data on the Databus?#

  • Navigate to: https://databus.openenergyplatform.org/
  • Use the search bar, look at the newest datasets or browse most active users
  • You can filter for the collection, artifact, group, user, and version

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How to register data on the Databus?#

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Create a Group#

  • First create a Group
  • It organises the Artifact by project, institut or other
  • Select your User
  • The Name must be lowercase
  • The Title should be human-readable
  • Add short Abstract and Description
  • Publish with "Register"

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Create an Artifact#

  • Second create an Artifact
  • Like a dataset it organises data and versions
  • Select your User
  • Select your Group
  • The Name must be lowercase
  • The Title should be human-readable
  • Add short Abstract and Description
  • Publish with "Register"

Create a Version#

  • Then create a Version
  • A table of the Artifact or updated data
  • Select your User
  • Select your Group
  • Select your Artifact
  • The Name must be lowercase
  • The Title should be human-readable
  • Add short Abstract and Description
  • Publish with "Register"

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  1. Select a License and add attribution image

  2. Add link to data (csv)

  3. Publish with "Register" image

About this course#

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  • Title: Course 11 - Introduction to the Open Energy Databus
  • Authors: Ludwig Hülk
  • Copyright: Reiner Lemoine Institut
  • License: CC BY 4.0
  • Attribution: Reiner Lemoine Institut (2025): Introduction to the Open Energy Databus
  • Link: https://openenergyplatform.github.io/academy/courses/11_energy_databus/
  • Description: A description how to find and register data on the Open Energy Databus.
  • ProficiencyLevel: advanced beginner - expert
  • TargetGroup: researcher
  • Keywords: OEP, databus
  • Language: en
  • PublicationDate: 2025-10-24
  • Last update: 2025-10-30
  • Version: 1.0
  • You can provide feedback to this course on GitHub: https://github.com/OpenEnergyPlatform/academy/issues