[wdmmg-discuss] a good e.g. of obtaining council accounts

[Lisa Evans]

Chris,

I think the schema helps for a couple of reasons.

1) It gives you a structure around which you can discuss the data. In some 
cases I've found the authority might say that all the data in the database 
is already published in their reports, but when they talk through the 
schema it is clear that much more detailed data is stored there.

2) You could use other tactics to get an explanation of the data, but the 
schema is usually simple to obtain.

I'm not sure what categories councils are to report their spending under 
from Jan 2011, where can I get that?

I've asked to meet next Wednesday, but haven't had confirmation yet.

Lisa

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Chris Taggart wrote:

> Lisa
> What I'd like is be able to see if the schema helps with the spending data
> that all councils need to be publishing by Jan 2011 (partic re categories).
> When's your meeting with CCC?
> Chris
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> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Lisa Evans <lisa.evans at okfn.org> wrote:
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>> I've mentioned before on this mailing list that I've been requesting
>> details of a few different council's accounts.
>>
>> My best result so far has been with Cambridgeshire County Council, as you
>> can see here:
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>> http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/data_from_the_fujitsu_oracle_dat
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>> Mostly this is because I've been lucky to meet Andy on 'What do they know',
>> who knows the account database tables well.
>>
>> So, I've got a meeting at Cambridgeshire county council to discuss the data
>> we want -- this gives me a chance to show the wdmmg visualisations and
>> explain the project.
>>
>> Let me know if you have suggestions for what to ask.  I should be meeting
>> them with Andy, hopefully this Wednesday, and I'll keep you posted on how
>> this goes.
>>
>> Lisa
>>
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