Question expressed in thread below : *"Does anyone know of any standard or spec covering the formatting and structure of transcripts of sessions of Parliament? "* answers given : http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ (UK Parliament transcripts site) has this format http://ukparse.kforge.net/parlparse/ This is used throughout the world in other Parliaments; http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/ http://www.openaustralia.org/ http://www.kildarestreet.com/ // [0] - http://www.akomantoso.org/ http://www.akomantoso.org/akoma-ntoso-in-detail/what-is-it There's Akoma Ntoso[0], which I've heard good things about but never got familiar with, let alone used. I believe it was originally developed for African parliaments and courts to exchange information via XML, but is designed to have wider usage. Hope this helps. * * Forwarded conversation Subject: [open-government] Standard Parliament transcript format? ------------------------ From: *ricardo lafuente* <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:41 PM To: [email protected] Hi, Does anyone know of any standard or spec covering the formatting and structure of transcripts of sessions of Parliament? We've searched for quite some time without success. This is something that we have been discussing here in Portugal and believe it would be a great step to open yet another avenue where open data standards can make a difference. There are naturally hurdles in the process (e.g. country-specific rules), but it's a goal worth aiming for. If there's not anything being worked on, we'd love to begin drafting such a specification, and would welcome any advice or help in this effort. Anyone? :r ______________________________**_________________ open-government mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/**listinfo/open-government<http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-government> ---------- From: *James Forrester* <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 11:17 PM To: [email protected] There's Akoma Ntoso[0], which I've heard good things about but never got familiar with, let alone used. I believe it was originally developed for African parliaments and courts to exchange information via XML, but is designed to have wider usage. Hope this helps. [0] - http://www.akomantoso.org/ J. -- James D. Forrester [email protected] | [email protected] [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] ---------- From: *Alex (Maxious) Sadleir* <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:03 AM To: ricardo lafuente <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ (UK Parliament transcripts site) has this format http://ukparse.kforge.net/parlparse/ This is used throughout the world in other Parliaments; http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/ http://www.openaustralia.org/ http://www.kildarestreet.com/