# DataViva > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/DataViva > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/DataViva.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataViva > Source revision: 1306449113 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the data visualization software. For the Venezuelan polling firm, see [Polls in Venezuela](/source/Polls_in_Venezuela). DataViva Original authors MIT Media Lab Professor Cesar A. Hidalgo Developer Datawheel Written in Python License MIT License Website www.dataviva.info **DataViva** is an [information visualization](/source/Information_visualization) engine created by the Strategic Priorities Office of the government of [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais). DataViva makes official data about exports, industries, locations and occupations available for the entirety of [Brazil](/source/Brazil) through eight apps and more than 100 million possible visualizations. The first set of datum – also available at [ALICEWEB](/source/ALICEWEB) – is provided by MDIC (Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade) / SECEX (Secretariat of Foreign Trade), an official institution of the [Government of Brazil](/source/Government_of_Brazil) and shows [foreign trade](/source/Foreign_trade) statistics for all exporting municipalities in the country. The other database, provided by [Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego](/source/Minist%C3%A9rio_do_Trabalho_e_Emprego) (MTE – [Ministry of Labor and Employment](/source/Ministry_of_Labor_and_Employment_(Brazil))), shows information about all the industries and occupations in [Brazil](/source/Brazil) (RAIS – Annual Social Information Report).[1] The platform consists of eight core applications, each of which allows different ways of visualizing the data available. Some applications are descriptive, that is, showing data aggregated at various levels in a simple and comparative way, such as [Treemapping](/source/Treemapping). Others are prescriptive, using calculations that allow an analytic visualization of the data, based on theories such as [the Product Space](/source/The_Product_Space). All the applications are generated using [D3plus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=D3plus&action=edit&redlink=1), an open source[2] [JavaScript](/source/JavaScript) library built on top of [D3.js](/source/D3.js) by [Alexander Simoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Simoes&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Dave Landry](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Landry&action=edit&redlink=1). Inspired by The Observatory of Economic Complexity, DataViva is an [open data](/source/Open_data),[3] [open-source](/source/Open-source_software),[4] and free to use tool. It was developed in a partnership with [Datawheel](http://www.datawheel.us/), co-founded by [MIT Media Lab](/source/MIT_Media_Lab) Professor César Hidalgo, and is maintained by the Government of [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-pessoa_1-0)** PESSOA, Rafael Marques; FREITAS, Elton Eduardo; BORGES, Thiago Bernardo [Dataviva: Plataforma de Visualização de Dados Públicos Socioeconômicos Brasileiros](http://consad.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Painel-35-01.pdf). Brasília: IX Congresso CONSAD de Gestão Pública, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["d3plus source"](https://github.com/alexandersimoes/d3plus/). *[GitHub](/source/GitHub)*. Retrieved May 8, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-dataviva_3-0)** ["DataViva : Terms of Use"](http://www.dataviva.info/about/terms_of_use). dataviva.info. 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Retrieved July 7, 2014. **Press coverage** - [MIT Media Lab Makes Government Data Digestible for the Average Person](http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2013/12/06/mit-media-lab-research-dataviva-government-data-visualization-website) - [DataViva: a Big Data Engine for the Brazilian Economy](http://thegovlab.org/dataviva-a-big-data-engine-for-the-brazilian-economy) - [New MIT Media Lab Tool Lets Anyone Visualize Unwieldy Government Data](http://www.fastcodesign.com/3022701/innovation-by-design/new-mit-media-lab-tool-lets-anyone-visualize-unwieldy-government-data) - [Brazilian states open up their data to combat corruption](https://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/nov/20/brazil-exploring-sharing-public-data-tackle-corruption?CMP=twt_gu) - [Big Data in Minas Gerais: Creating an Engine for the Brazilian Economy](https://www.zdnet.com/education/computers-tech/big-data-in-minas-gerais-creating-an-engine-for-the-brazilian-economy/) - [A Brazilian State Takes Open Data To Another Level](http://techpresident.com/news/wegov/24543/brazilian-state-takes-open-data-another-level) - [Brazilian state Open data visualization tool – DataViva](http://blog.gisuser.com/2013/11/21/brazilian-state-data-visualization-tool-dataviva) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140106233555/http://blog.gisuser.com/2013/11/21/brazilian-state-data-visualization-tool-dataviva/) 2014-01-06 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) ## External links - [Free and open-source software portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_and_open-source_software) Wikimedia Commons has media related to [DataViva](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:DataViva). - [Official website](http://www.dataviva.info) - [dataviva](https://github.com/alexandersimoes/dataviva) on [GitHub](/source/GitHub) - [DataViva Documentation](https://web.archive.org/web/20140814020736/http://dataviva.info/about/contact/) - [The Necessity For Open Data](https://www.diggernaut.com/blog/the-necessity-for-open-data/) - [D3plus (Visualization Library Powering DataViva)](http://d3plus.org/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [DataViva](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataViva) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataViva?action=history)). 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