[EU-lobby-data] Fwd: Re: Design work for NGO Tactical Tech

Fri Dec 7 11:28:25 UTC 2012

On 07/12/12 12:16, Friedrich Lindenberg wrote:
> It is starting from scratch (i.e. discarding all of the lobby API/data
> cleansing work). I'm not sure why they're so dead-set on doing it this way,
> to be honest.
>
> - Fr.

I think that's crazy. You have done so much work already Friedrich. They
should build on your API.

Erik

>
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Timo Lange <timo.lange at lobbycontrol.de>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm just forwarding this to you to keep you up-to-date. Friedrich, could
>> you answer their questions? Most of these, Tactical should now
>> themselves...
>>
>> It feels a bit like starting from the scratch to me.
>>
>> Best, Timo
>>
>>
>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Betreff: Re: Design work for NGO Tactical Tech
>> Datum: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:52:46 +0100
>> Von: Mathilde <mathilde at tacticaltech.org>
>> An: Robert Dunn <robert.dunn at curveagency.com>
>> Kopie (CC): Craig Perks <craig.perks at curveagency.com>,  Peter McClory
>> <peter.mcclory at curveagency.com>, Friedrich Lindenberg
>> <friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org>,  Timo Lange <timo.lange at lobbycontrol.de>
>>
>> Super that you got there!
>> I let Friedrich and Timo here in cc to answer your questions below - and
>> then we can start getting the ball rolling.
>>
>> Of course, we completely understand that there will be more questions
>> and that you need as much info and detail as possible in order to get
>> this going, we all really appreciate it.
>>
>> Thanks Rob,
>>
>> Mathilde
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/7/12 11:44 AM, Robert Dunn wrote:
>>> Hi Mathilde,
>>>
>>> Good news!
>>>
>>> The two XML files from the
>>>
>> http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/statistics.do?action=prepareView&locale=en#en
>>> page that Friedrich has provided us with are usable.
>>>
>>> To get the site working our aim is to set up Drupal to pull these two
>>> XML feeds from this site on a regular basis and populate the content
>>> into the website framework however to ensure this is a feasible
>>> process we would need you to confirm the following...
>>>
>>> ·Do we have permission to pull this data directly from the site? -- If
>>> we don't then we need to be given another location which we can import
>>> these feeds from
>>>
>>> ·Are the fields and formats going to always stay the same? -- If these
>>> are changed its possible that this will break the site so we ideally
>>> need the data to stay as static as possible
>>>
>>> ·Are the XML files likely to be removed or moved to another location?
>>> -- If the site can't connect to these feeds this will also break the site
>>>
>>> ·Does the data across both XML sites match up perfectly? (i.e. is
>>> 'Telefonica, S.A.' in one file also called 'Telefonica, S.A.' on the
>>> other) -- If there are any differentiations then the links won't be
>>> appropriately shown.
>>>
>>> ·Are we going to need to store 'old data' as well as 'new data'? (i.e.
>>> if the XML feeds are updated to 2013's data would we still need 2012's
>>> data to be available or will this be made redundant) -- this is
>>> important as if changes
>>>
>>> Upon answering these questions we can get the proposal contract
>>> finalised for you to sign and then once we've received sign-off on
>>> this we start our 'define' process which consists of producing
>>> documentation covering user stories, the technical aspects of the
>>> project and wireframing (all of which will be documented within the
>>> proposal contract).
>>>
>>> As you can appreciate we want to make a site that works consistently
>>> so we want to ensure that we spot as many potential issues now so that
>>> we will avoid any pitfalls when it comes to building the project
>>> therefore please be aware we may have a lot of other questions that
>>> come out when we start the define stage.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Timo Lange
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>>
>>
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