Getting Started: Onboarding

This guide answers common questions from agencies who wish to onboard to data.gov.sg (DGS)

Onboarding & Approvals

Q: If we want to onboard as a publisher, what is the process like?

A: To onboard to data.gov.sg, we require the following confirmations from your organisation:

• CDO Approval - confirmation from your Chief Data Officer (CDO) or equivalent appointed authority.

• Source of truth - confirmation that your organisation will serve as the official source of truth for the datasets you intend to publish.

• Dataset list - a short list of datasets you plan to publish.

Once these are confirmed, you can refer to this page for account creation.

Q: Who is allowed to onboard to DGS as a data owners?

A: Currently access is limited to agencies with domains

• *.gov.sg

• *.edu.sg

Q: What if my organisation uses a non-gov email domain (e.g. .org.sg, .com)?

A: In such cases, approval from your parent ministry or supervising government agency is required before onboard can proceed.

Hosting & Network

Q: Where is DGS hosted at?

A: data.gov.sg is hosted on Open Government Products (OGP) GCC - Government Commercial Cloud.

• It is not hosted on GovTech GCC or on SG-NET

• All access to data.gov.sg is via the Internet

Q: Do we need to whitelist IP addresses?

A: Please whitelist our domains since DGS uses Cloudflare to manage IPs dynamically.

Q: Is there a staging link?

A: Yes, we provide a staging environment for testing. You can use the following endpoint:

https://api-staging.data.gov.sg/