Adam Brookes wrote:
On some occasions where I've consulted a deposited paper, I've added a
link to the document from the relevant answer which related to its
release as an annotation.
Yes, me too: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/user/?u=34
Thanks for doing the ones you've done, I'm sure others do find it
helpful; Tom Watson certainly appreciated the Arts Council one I did
last month.
It would be useful though if there was a more formal way of linking
answers/statements with the relevant documents in the Parliament
library. Perhaps a system similar to that for matching videos to
speeches could be implemented so that volunteers can link to the
documents making it much easier for users to find them.
My second annotation currently on that page suggests the same thing. It
would have to be something that spotted "placed in the library", had a
database of all the deposits and then once you'd found the right one
(somehow) let you tell it which one it was and add the annotation
thereby. Not simple, but not overly complicated. It wouldn't necessarily
have to be within TheyWorkForYou either, it could be written elsewhere
and then TheyWorkForYou could link to/hook back from it.
Would it be possible for such a feature to be added to TheyWorkForYou?
It's certainly possible, of course. However, TheyWorkForYou is run by a
tiny charity with many demands on its limited time. People don't have to
wait for us to find the resources to add new features if they really
want them; TheyWorkForYou's source code is available and in git:
http://github.com/mysociety/theyworkforyou
Both the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly were
added by volunteers.
ATB,
Matthew
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