Last week the Digital Transition Office (DTO) released a draft of its API Design Guide for public review. An API, or Application Programming Interface, is an approach that defines consistent methods of inputting and outputting data into a software system based on internet protocols. APIs are regularly used by Web 2.0 services as a standard…
Brought to my attention by Mia Garlick via Twitter, the UK has redeveloped its legislative database with a focus on reuse by external parties. The recently released site legislation.gov.uk covers 800 years of legislation from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. According to an article from Cornell University Law School, Legislation.gov.uk, John Sheridan, Head of…
The New York State Senate has launched its Open Senate initiative with an API (Application Programming Interface) allowing the public direct access to its data. The NY Senate is also making the code freely available as open source, stating that, As a user of Open-Source software the New York Senate wants to help give back…
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