[open-development] DfID Data/API

[Simon Parrish]

Folks, for info. I spoke to DFID about this and they had to delay the release of the API to get the user interface part finalised and the data cleaned in time for launch (time constraints). 

so we could just wait a couple of months

Simon


-----Original Message-----
From: open-development-bounces at lists.okfn.org on behalf of Karin Christiansen
Sent: Thu 27/08/2009 19:34
To: rufus.pollock at okfn.org
Cc: open-development at lists.okfn.org
Subject: Re: [open-development] DfID Data/API
 
Have written asking who to ask...
Will let you know.
k

On 27/08/2009 16:49, "Rufus Pollock" <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

> So there is no API? (Just the 'human' interface ...)
> 
> Data looks quite interesting though hard to tell from just 'browsing'.
> 
> Would be very useful to have a full dump of the data. Any way we can
> ask them to do this? Otherwise it might be possible too scrape.
> 
> Rufus
> 
> 2009/8/27 Karin Christiansen <karin.christiansen at publishwhatyoufund.org>:
>> http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/news/2009/08/uk%E2%80%99s-department-inter
>> national-development-launches-project-information-database-improve
>> 
>> But it is not search able I think... So any suggestions on what we should be
>> asking from them would be much appreciated indeed!
>> k
>> 
>> 
>> On 27/08/2009 16:22, "Rufus Pollock" <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Has the DfID data/api been released? I think I remember it being said
>>> that this was planned for mid-August. Would be nice to look into
>>> what's in it and whether we could throw together something interesting
>>> quickly using it.
>>> 
>>> Rufus
>>> 
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