Comments on: PDFs are bad for open government, says Sunlight Foundation in US http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/11/pdfs-are-bad-for-open-government-says-sunlight-foundation-in-us/ A Guardian Technology campaign for free public access to non-personal data about the UK and its citizens Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Vaci http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/11/pdfs-are-bad-for-open-government-says-sunlight-foundation-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-129027 Vaci Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:10:22 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=524#comment-129027 It's worth noting that when you submit an FOI request, you can specify the format in which you wish to receive it, and also the FOI officer has a duty to assist you in obtaining the information as easily as possible. It’s worth noting that when you submit an FOI request, you can specify the format in which you wish to receive it, and also the FOI officer has a duty to assist you in obtaining the information as easily as possible.

]]> By: PDF: how can we avoid over-using Pretty Difficult Files for citizens? « mjray - Parish Councillor for FOSS http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/11/pdfs-are-bad-for-open-government-says-sunlight-foundation-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-128887 PDF: how can we avoid over-using Pretty Difficult Files for citizens? « mjray - Parish Councillor for FOSS Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:53:45 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=524#comment-128887 [...] hadn’t realised this was a general problem with governments until I saw PDFs are bad for open government, says Sunlight Foundation in US on Free our Data blog last week. Should I change my request to emphasise the original data [...] [...] hadn’t realised this was a general problem with governments until I saw PDFs are bad for open government, says Sunlight Foundation in US on Free our Data blog last week. Should I change my request to emphasise the original data [...]

]]> By: steven feldman http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2009/11/pdfs-are-bad-for-open-government-says-sunlight-foundation-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-128720 steven feldman Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:20:42 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=524#comment-128720 Surely government needs to do both? For the many who want to read information or do some simple mangling in a spreadsheet data needs to be published as pdf or csv (as appropriate). For those who want to mash the data with other information and maybe access realtime info it needs to be availabel as a feed. Surely government needs to do both?

For the many who want to read information or do some simple mangling in a spreadsheet data needs to be published as pdf or csv (as appropriate). For those who want to mash the data with other information and maybe access realtime info it needs to be availabel as a feed.

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