Setting the open standard for community data
OpenCommunity is trialling the Open Referral UK data standard for the interchange of services information. Open Referral UK is compatible with the international Open Referral standard but it adds extra features to support UK requirements. These requirements were identified by the OpenCommunity Discovery report and by pilot council work on Loneliness coordinated by the Local …
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We are very pleased to announce that we have completed the discovery phase of the OpenCommunity data standards project. Please download the document, read, and let us know what you think!
Every local authority, health organisation, police force and voluntary sector organisation maintain some form of directory of locally available services, with massive duplication of effort. This project explores the case for standardising how service data is captured, communicated and quality assured. We have just completed the discovery phase.
By Liv Comberti and Mathew Trivett Hello. Welcome to the fifth week notes from the OpenCommunity team. Week notes are a short(ish) weekly round up of what we’ve been learning and where we are going next. Subscribe to get OpenCommunity week notes delivered to your inbox. TL;DR * Everyone is trying to reach the same end goal – …
By Liv Comberti and Mathew Trivett Welcome to the fourth week notes from the OpenCommunity team. Week notes are a short weekly round up of what we’ve been learning and where we are going next. Subscribe to get OpenCommunity week notes delivered to your inbox. TL;DR * We need to get better at thinking about …
By Liv Comberti and Mathew Trivett Hello! Welcome to the third round of week notes from the OpenCommunity team. Week notes are a short weekly round up of what we’ve been learning and where we are going next. Last week we were busy synthesising our research from Adur & Worthing and Buckinghamshire – read on …
Welcome to week notes from the OpenCommunity team. Week notes are a short weekly round up of what we’ve been learning and where we are going next. Subscribe to get OpenCommunity week notes delivered to your inbox. TL;DR *Service directories don’t always align with the behaviours and needs of the people they are designed for. …
Defining a common data standard may only address part of the problem. Designing trust around the data standard seems to be where the real challenge lives.
