Sounds good. One thing I couldn't see was whether the structure encouraged links to other ids/URIs about the people/organisations. Wikipedia's an obvious one, but so are TWFY, OpenCorporates, Who'sLobbying, OpenCharities. That way the network can be navigated beyond the boundaries of the PopIt instance.
Chris -- ------------------------------------------------------- OpenCorporates :: The Open Database of the Corporate World http://opencorporates.com OpenlyLocal :: Making Local Government More Transparent http://openlylocal.com Blog: http://countculture.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/CountCulture On 31 August 2012 15:54, Edmund von der Burg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > As you probably know mySociety is working on a new approach to > transparency sites, one that revolves around 'components'. The idea is > that you combine small pieces that handle specific tasks and together > they let you build a site. > > MapIt is a component that lets you store boundary data, and PopIt lets > you store details on People, Organisations and Positions. > > I've just completed a full description of PopIt and would very much > like some feedback on it. There is still a lot of work to do and this > is not a launch, but rather a request for your opinions on our plans. > > There are two documents, one is the complete overview that explains > the purpose and intent: > > https://github.com/mysociety/popit/wiki/PopIt-Overview > > The other is a detailed feature discussion that covers how we'll make > it all work, such as site layout, data structures etc: > > https://github.com/mysociety/popit/wiki/Feature-details > > > Please send me any comments direct, or to this list if you think they > would spark a discussion. > > > Thank you for looking, > Edmund. > > > PS just to stress again that PopIt is still in alpha and not yet ready > to be launched :) > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/countculture%40googlemail.com >
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