On 6 Feb 2013, at 13:53, Chris Taggart <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, yes, from my perspective[1] I'd be perfectly happy for Royal Mail to take > the PAF with them into privatisation. What I'd then like to see is the > appropriate government department (not sure which it would be, but, given > that the source of the data will be local authorities, probably the DCLG) > take on responsibility for creating and maintaining a national geocoded > database of structures. Alternatively, something derived from the Land > Registry database would probably be equally useful. > > This is very naive. What would happen is that the PAF would continue to be > used by government and others, but tied to a now proprietary database, on > which the owner can charge rent, and which was part of the assets transferred > to the private entity. The best way of improving the quality of the PAF (not > to mention all the other ancillary benefits) is to make it available as open > data, so these quality issues can be identified, and addressed. > > Of course the goal should be to open up the NPLG, but this is not > straightforward and will take considerable political will, precisely because > it is tied up with the sort of private sector agreements that will ensnare > the PAF if it isn't split away from the PAF. I feel like I've stumbled onto a old thread, from any point between 1998 to 2003 > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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/stefan%40whitelabel.org -- /* Stefan Magdalinski +62 811 9591262 smagdali (IM/twitter/flickr/dopplr/skype/etc) */
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