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

Fri Dec 7 11:32:01 UTC 2012

I don't want to be a princess here.

I think the API does solve many problems with the data and gives us a
better interface to it. We can even use some of the existing UI components.
If they can use the source more easily thats cool, but I just suspect
they'll end up running into the same issues.

- Fr.

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Erik Wesselius <erik at corporateeurope.org>wrote:

>  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> <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> <mathilde at tacticaltech.org>
> An: Robert Dunn <robert.dunn at curveagency.com> <robert.dunn at curveagency.com>
> Kopie (CC): Craig Perks <craig.perks at curveagency.com> <craig.perks at curveagency.com>,  Peter McClory<peter.mcclory at curveagency.com> <peter.mcclory at curveagency.com>, Friedrich Lindenberg<friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org> <friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org>,  Timo Lange <timo.lange at lobbycontrol.de> <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
>
>
>
>
>
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