alt.hn

6/2/2026 at 7:37:10 PM

Open Repair Data Standard

 https://openrepair.org/open-data/open-standard/

by cassepipe

6/2/2026 at 10:29:21 PM

The product related info feels a bit anemic. Surprised things like "model" aren't in there.

by memco

6/3/2026 at 8:21:33 AM

It used to publish the `model` values but found that so few repair events collected `model` values and the scant values that did turn up were not very useful. The data is compiled and published on a shoestring budget, so resources are very limited.

The purpose of the data has evolved over years as a response to and a source for various investigations and campaigns that feed into the European Right To Repair campaign. It is also used by individual repair groups and networks to demonstrate their work and achievements - both environmental and social - in order to garner support and funding. The main use of the dataset is as an overview of a glimpse of community repair activity worldwide.

https://metabase.openrepair.org/dashboard/97-ora-data-overvi...

by FixStuff

6/3/2026 at 9:25:29 AM

They specifically mention that:

    Removal of model field due to problems with data collection and quality

by orangewindies

6/3/2026 at 1:14:42 AM

Is this abandoned? No major change since 2024 or so.

by kensai

6/3/2026 at 8:05:43 AM

The standard doesn't change often but the data is published annually.

https://github.com/openrepair/data

by FixStuff

6/3/2026 at 9:58:26 AM

Is there already a website to explore the dataset? I am starting out repairing old film cameras and there is documentation and tutorials, but it is very spread out between forums/reddit, how-tos in Flickr albums and a few websites who managed to grab a copy of official maintenance manuals

by Arodex

6/3/2026 at 10:15:04 AM

The data is not really helpful as a repair guide, it doesn't have any sort of "how-to", just small notes made during repair attempts, plus it only includes electrical/electronic devices.

by FixStuff

6/3/2026 at 11:42:51 AM

>plus it only includes electrical/electronic devices.

It would still be very valuable. Fully mechanical cameras are, apart from some very specific components (e.g. titanium shutter blades in some high-end cameras), repairable. Electronic cameras with hand-soldered capacitors and big, individual electronic components are harder to work on (flexible circuit boards) but still possible. Fully electronic cameras... Let's just say in the coming decades, there is going to be a huge gap in camera history. A century-old Kodak or Agfa with bellows is still usable; the electronics in a polaroid SX-70 is so simple there is now aftermarket circuit boards to replace and extend them, adding Bluetooth controls; whereas a current top-of-the-line Canon/Nikon is going to be an unfixable paperweight within one human generation.

Aside from enthusiasts, I have worked a few months with (museum) conservators and this is very worrying to them. Same with cars.

by Arodex

6/3/2026 at 6:45:28 AM

what would you improve?

by opengears

6/3/2026 at 11:23:44 AM

The more that changes are absent for loger periods of time, the better the documentation works as a standard.

That's why it's called a standard, and nothing less.

Otherwise it's always not quite ready for adoption.

by fuzzfactor

6/2/2026 at 9:51:55 PM

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