Comments on: Freeing government data: some progress in the UK http://hiddenchemistry.com/2008/07/freeing-government-data-some-progress-in-the-uk/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:42:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3 hourly 1 By: Matt Rhodes http://hiddenchemistry.com/2008/07/freeing-government-data-some-progress-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-28178 Matt Rhodes Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:57:12 +0000 http://hiddenchemistry.com/?p=84#comment-28178 <p>A real benefit for me of starting to free this data will be people making much more user-friendly than it currently is. For my sins (and yes my job at the time did have its dull moments) I once spent a month grappling with the behemoth that is the PAF databases.</p> <p>Government data that isn't freely available is designed and organised only for the purpose it has traditionally been used for in government. Only by freeing it will it become clear exactly all the purposes for which it can be used. To this end the competition's a great idea...</p> A real benefit for me of starting to free this data will be people making much more user-friendly than it currently is. For my sins (and yes my job at the time did have its dull moments) I once spent a month grappling with the behemoth that is the PAF databases.

Government data that isn’t freely available is designed and organised only for the purpose it has traditionally been used for in government. Only by freeing it will it become clear exactly all the purposes for which it can be used. To this end the competition’s a great idea…

]]> By: Peter Parkes http://hiddenchemistry.com/2008/07/freeing-government-data-some-progress-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-26756 Peter Parkes Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:21:44 +0000 http://hiddenchemistry.com/?p=84#comment-26756 <p>It has, pretty much, on the condition that you use it for the competition. Go ahead and ask them :)</p> It has, pretty much, on the condition that you use it for the competition. Go ahead and ask them :)

]]> By: Richard Marr http://hiddenchemistry.com/2008/07/freeing-government-data-some-progress-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-26747 Richard Marr Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:34:15 +0000 http://hiddenchemistry.com/?p=84#comment-26747 <p>Crikey, for a moment I thought you meant that Royal Mail had opened up access to our postcode data... I nearly spat carbonated beverage all over my monitor :)</p> Crikey, for a moment I thought you meant that Royal Mail had opened up access to our postcode data… I nearly spat carbonated beverage all over my monitor :)

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