Not to mention authority control (VIAF, LibCat etc) :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority_control
Andy M.
On 31 August 2012 18:08, Chris Taggart <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
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> 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 :)
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