An open source, stand-alone, customisable public spending data web app.
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  1. .grid_12
  2. %h2= @page_title = "Council Spending Data Scoreboard"
  3. %p Which councils are publishing their spending data and how are they doing it?
  4. %p.noprint.download
  5. %a{ :href => "/scoreboard.csv" }
  6. Download data as CSV
  7. %table
  8. %tr
  9. %th Council
  10. %th Data URL
  11. %th Open licence?
  12. %th Machine readable?
  13. %th Start
  14. %th End
  15. %th Updated
  16. - for council in @councils
  17. %tr
  18. %td
  19. %a{ :href => council.url }
  20. = council.name
  21. %td
  22. %a{ :href => council.data_url }
  23. data
  24. %td= yesno(council.open_licence)
  25. %td= yesno(council.machine_readable)
  26. %td= council.start_d.strftime("%b %Y")
  27. %td= council.end_d.strftime("%b %Y")
  28. %td= council.updated_at.strftime("%d %b %Y")
  29. %p.highlight.noprint
  30. This scoreboard data is free for you to use according to the
  31. %a{ :href => "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"}<
  32. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
  33. Please credit to
  34. %strong
  35. Adrian Short/Armchair Auditor
  36. and link back to
  37. %a{ :href => "http://armchairauditor.co.uk/scoreboard" }<
  38. http://armchairauditor.co.uk/scoreboard
  39. where possible.
  40. %h3 Notes
  41. %p
  42. If your council is publishing spending data please be aware of the guidance from
  43. %a{ :href => "http://opengovernmentdata.org/finances/"}<
  44. Open Government Data
  45. and the
  46. %a{ :href => "http://data.gov.uk/blog/publishing-itemised-local-authority-expenditure-advice-comment"}<
  47. Local Public Data Panel.
  48. You can ask questions and get support in the
  49. %a{ :href => "http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/c/3916997/home.do" }<
  50. Local Open Data Community
  51. on Communities of Practice for Local Government (approved registration required.)
  52. %table
  53. %tr
  54. %td.strong Data URL
  55. %td
  56. A web page that links to the various downloadable data files.
  57. %tr
  58. %td.strong Open licence?
  59. %td
  60. If Yes, the council is explicitly stating an open licence which allows people to use and republish the data, including for commercial purposes. Councils that don't have an open licence could
  61. %a{ :href => "http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/finance_payments_to_suppliers.htm"}<
  62. follow Windsor and Maidenhead's example
  63. and adopt
  64. %a{ :href => "http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions"}<
  65. the data.gov.uk licence.
  66. An open licence is essential to enable the maximum use of this data and allow it to be combined with data from other councils to enable comparisons and benchmarking.
  67. %tr
  68. %td.strong Machine readable?
  69. %td
  70. The data needs to be able to be pulled directly into a database or spreadsheet from the web, not just visible as a web page or document. Acceptable formats include CSV, JSON and XML. Unacceptable formats include PDF and Word documents which can't be directly loaded as data into another program. It is also unacceptable to use a word-verification
  71. %a{:href => "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA"}<
  72. CAPTCHA
  73. to prevent automated downloads.
  74. %tr
  75. %td.strong Start
  76. %td
  77. The start of the period for which spending data is published.
  78. %tr
  79. %td.strong End
  80. %td
  81. The end of the period for which spending data is published.
  82. %tr
  83. %td.strong Updated
  84. %td
  85. The date on which this scoreboard data was updated for this council. If you are concerned that your own council's data is out of date here, please
  86. %a{ :href => '/about' }<
  87. get in touch.