What is Data World? It’s an organization with a website at data.world. If you are a data professional you could use Data World to get access to some interesting datasets and insights to almost any topic. Data World is a social network of data professionals, students and subject matter experts that can work together to discover new insights. You can find data and upload and share data.

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Data World is an enterprise data catalog and governance platform. However, what does data.world say about itself?

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At the website data.world, here are a few of of the expressions: A company with a conscience. Today, data.world is widely recognized as the leading enterprise data catalog and governance platform powering the strategic data initiatives. data.world brings data producers and data consumers together to build a culture of data at their organizations. They help make data discovery, governance, and analysis easy, turning data workers into knowledge superheroes. They are legally structured as a Public Benefit Corporation so we can pursue our mission and shareholder value with equal vigor. data.world is a certified B corp. Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. data.world was certified in 2016 and earned Best for the World Honors in 2017, 2018, and 2019. We are home to the world’s largest collaborative open data community. One of their heroes is Tim Berners-Lee. They were particularly inspired by his TED talk on linked data. In that talk he references Hans Rosling’s TED talk The best stats you’ve ever seen.