In message <[email protected]>, Tom Steinberg <[email protected]> writes
>> Don't want to get into the debate about grouping the websites together, but >> just noticed the item on the list "Build TWFY for the five biggest councils >> in the UK". I vaguely remember seeing on this list about a month or so ago >> that a group was doing TWFY in Manchester, and it struck me then that this >> might turn into a template for local TWFYs, without giving more work to >> MySoc. > >I'd definitely say I was in favour of, where possible, volunteers >feeding local council data into TheyWorkForYOu, just as Mark Longair >wrote the parser for Scotland as a volunteer. Wouldn't it be better to ask LAs to publish the data in suitably parsable (or at least consistently-scrapeable) form (microformats, XML, whatever). I know one large authority *cough* which might be interested in collaborating on such a project. -- Andy Mabbett _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
