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OpenGovLD

This is OpenGovLD (working title), a fork of the original OParl project and continues the work on specifications based on JSON-LD (Linked Data) while OParl only supports JSON and will not be compatible with JSON-LD.

Highlights, Features and Principles

• Expressive Linked Data
• Uses the namespace https://www.w3.org/ns/opengov
• Based on open standards, not Ad Hoc solutions, no reinventing of wheels, avoiding NIH syndrome
• High quality specification, using established standardization processes and guidelines
• Modular structure of specification, supporting conformance statements
• Main target user groups consist of developers of servers and comfortable, feature rich and advanced applications
• Oriented towards future, not dependent on legacy technology, standards or specifications
• Collaboration with W3C Open Government Community Group, schema.org and other relevant projects (such as OParl and Popolo)
• Multilingual and supporting stakeholders on the whole planet
• Based on existing state of the art standards (such as JSON-LD)
• Integrated with established and best-of-breed Linked Data vocabularies
• Uses Hydra Core Vocabulary to specify API in machine readable way
• Uses Linked Data Fragments(LDF) to enable implementation of advanced and performant search on client. LDF recently joined the Hydra Community Group
• Last but not least: the development processes are governed by transparency and the direct involvement of all interested stakeholders

Summary

The goal of OpenGovLD is to create a set of state of the art specifications for parliamentary data which can be used globally - first of all by joining forces with other best of breed specification projects.

2014-07-06