[wdmmg-discuss] Meeting at HM Treasury yesterday
Lisa Evans
lisa.evans at okfn.org
Thu Feb 25 10:28:45 UTC 2010
I've been researching how the data is structured in COINS, so that:
* we can understand the reports run from COINS better (e.g. CRA, PESA, SBI
etc)
* when COINS is published we can start using it straight away.
Yesterday Rufus and I met with Ben Pearce and Jim Williamson (both work on
COINS at the Treasury) to talk through the COINS schema and other requests
I've made.
>From this meeting we:
* confirmed that the COINS data is much richer than the aggregated data in
the reports published from it, like the PESA, SBI etc.
* talked through the COINS schema I received (they sent me the schema with
no description of what any of the fields mean):
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/25039/response/67260/attach/3/100111%20COINS%20Schema%20for%20FOI%209%201049.xls
* learned how they ensure there aren't duplicate Program Object Groups in
COINS (and so in the CRA).
* learned more about the reports they run from COINS and how they contain
descriptions of codes in COINS, e.g. SBI codes.
* learned more about the auditing of COINS and other government
department's accounts.
* explained the aims of our wdmmg project
I'll be adding the information I get from the requests I made to the
wdmmg group on CKAN.
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