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Hey, that's some quality XML they're pumping out there. From their population data: <ROWSET> <ROW> <Area_Code>00AA</Area_Code> <Area_Name>Ci

by mjs 17y ago

Hey, that's some quality XML they're pumping out there. From their population data: <ROWSET> <ROW> <Area_Code>00AA</Area_Code> <Area_Name>City of London</Area_Name> <Persons-1801>129000</Persons-1801> <Persons-1811>121000</Persons-1811> <Persons-1821>125000</Persons-1821>  </ROW> </ROWSET> http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/package/historic-census-population http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/package/historic-census-... Embedding the year into the element name, useful that.

robin_reala 17y ago
Personally I prefer http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/health/alcohol-indicators-borough.xml http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/health/alcohol-indicator... and its amazing <Persons_aged_under_18_years_admitted_to_hospital_with_alcohol_specific_conditions_Crude_Rate_per_100000_population_Numbers_-_2005-2006_to_2007-2008> element. But, as their title suggests, this is a first step.
milestinsley 17y ago
I noticed this too. As a Londoner, I am pretty excited by this release of data, but, seriously, could they not use attributes for things like the year?!
charlesmarshall 17y ago
you could send them a tweet http://twitter.com/londondatastore http://twitter.com/londondatastore and ask them to fix it I've sent them a couple of bugs / broken links and they've fixed & replied within a few minutes. edit: they've just tweeted about the xml structure so hopefully will sort it out soon.
- charlesmarshall 17y ago
  o, they also have a google group for things that need more than 140 chars - http://groups.google.com/group/londondatastore http://groups.google.com/group/londondatastore
buro9 17y ago
There's also things like this: http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/crime-community-safety/ambulance-weapon-injury-ward.xml http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/crime-community-safety/a... <Ward_Code>00AAFB</Ward_Code> <Ward_Name>Aldgate</Ward_Name> <District_Code>00AA</District_Code> <District_Name>City of London</District_Name> <Count_12-2007/> <Count_1-2008/> <Count_2-2008/> <Count_3-2008/> <Count_4-2008/> <Count_5-2008/> <Count_6-2008/> So... is that zero (a safe area) or no data (an unknown quantity)?

by mjs 17y ago

robin_reala 17y ago

Personally I prefer http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/health/alcohol-indicators-borough.xml http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/health/alcohol-indicator... and its amazing <Persons_aged_under_18_years_admitted_to_hospital_with_alcohol_specific_conditions_Crude_Rate_per_100000_population_Numbers_-_2005-2006_to_2007-2008> element. But, as their title suggests, this is a first step.

milestinsley 17y ago

I noticed this too. As a Londoner, I am pretty excited by this release of data, but, seriously, could they not use attributes for things like the year?!

charlesmarshall 17y ago

you could send them a tweet http://twitter.com/londondatastore http://twitter.com/londondatastore and ask them to fix it I've sent them a couple of bugs / broken links and they've fixed & replied within a few minutes. edit: they've just tweeted about the xml structure so hopefully will sort it out soon.

charlesmarshall 17y ago
o, they also have a google group for things that need more than 140 chars - http://groups.google.com/group/londondatastore http://groups.google.com/group/londondatastore

buro9 17y ago

There's also things like this: http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/crime-community-safety/ambulance-weapon-injury-ward.xml http://data.london.gov.uk/datafiles/crime-community-safety/a... <Ward_Code>00AAFB</Ward_Code> <Ward_Name>Aldgate</Ward_Name> <District_Code>00AA</District_Code> <District_Name>City of London</District_Name> <Count_12-2007/> <Count_1-2008/> <Count_2-2008/> <Count_3-2008/> <Count_4-2008/> <Count_5-2008/> <Count_6-2008/> So... is that zero (a safe area) or no data (an unknown quantity)?