Hi, On the subject of new open data, it might also be worth mentioning that an API for the ePetitions site was launched on Friday too.
For information see the API question on this page... http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/faq Sorry for plugging myself, but if it's of interest I made a sample heatmap of one petition and posted a few other thoughts about the possibilities here: http://www.edemocracyblog.com/edemocracy-blog/the-most-important-dataset-yet-released/ If anyone has any interest in doing something with it, I'd be happy to pitch in with some ideas (if not much actual technical ability!). Cheers, Richard Parsons On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:00 PM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send developers-public mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of developers-public digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. police outcome data (Francis Davey) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Francis Davey <[email protected]> > To: "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" < > [email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 10:55:53 +0100 > Subject: [mySociety:public] police outcome data > As some of you may know, www.police.uk now has *outcome* data as well > as crime data for the UK. The new feature was announced this morning. > > There is - surprisingly - no easy way to link up crimes and outcomes. > There is no unique identifier in the system that would allow the > reliable tracking of a report of a crime to an outcome such as a > conviction, caution or decision to take no further action. This has > meant that some heuristics have had to be applied to link up as many > reported crimes and outcomes as possible - the data is not therefore > perfect. > > (If this website has given us anything useful it is that there is a > hopeless failure in criminal justice here - many victims of crime > would like to feel that there was a way to find out, at least in > principle, what had happened). > > There is an API which I've been promised information about but which I > have not yet seen. > > -- > Francis Davey > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe, archive or settings: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >
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