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1. Easy to crawl i.e. simple HTML pages 2. Multiple open data formats, including TXT 3. Easy-to-follow organization (CIK), minimal indirection 4. No Javascri
by feelin_googley 9y ago
1. Easy to crawl i.e. simple HTML pages
2. Multiple open data formats, including TXT
3. Easy-to-follow organization (CIK), minimal indirection
4. No Javascript required, no gratuitous frameworks*
5. Bulk downloads of quarterly data (FTP up until 2016)
*not to mention gratuitous iframes (BamSEC)
Thanks to #5 anyone not satisified with the "UI/UX" can take the data and go build their own "UI".
When data is tied up in layer upon layer of indirection, Javascript, iframes, enormous overstuffed URLs, binary formats (e.g. PDF, XLS), then others cannot as easily take the data and build their own interfaces.
Not a good approach for public data nor good use of public expenditure, IMO.
I am grateful to Carl Malamud for creating EDGAR.