Comments on: ConsultationXML: getting reusable data out of horrid PDFs

By: Climbing the mountain at Helpful Technology

Climbing the mountain at Helpful Technology — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:17:55 +0000

[...] ConsultationXML: Harry Metcalfe’s development of a practical tool to convert PDFs into semantically-rich data. Phase 2 is underway, looking at what XML can be turned into for practical benefit (think: Wordpress plugins) [...]

By: Crowdsourcing policy, visualising debate and evolving consultation « Observations

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:35:49 +0000

[...] Metcalfe and Steph Gray of the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (DBIS) came up with ConsultationXML, a way for web publishers to convert “horrid” PDF data into meaningful XML. The resulting XML [...]

By: Selected links for 20th April through 27th April | Gavin Wray

Selected links for 20th April through 27th April | Gavin Wray — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:08:33 +0000

[...] ConsultationXML: getting reusable data out of horrid PDFs – Archive – The Dextrous Web “Making consultation documents easier to use” [...]

By: ConsultationXML: the mashups have landed - Archive - The Dextrous Web

ConsultationXML: the mashups have landed - Archive - The Dextrous Web — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:47:10 +0000

[...] have already started doing interesting things with ConsultationXML. I have to admit — I couldn’t be more [...]

By: Barcamp London 6 « Zoombu’s Blog

Barcamp London 6 « Zoombu’s Blog — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:09:35 +0000

[...] care about and it is easy to find people with shared interests. For instance during a session on “PDF to XML” not only did I learn from the speaker’s expertise, I met another guy who was also interested [...]

By: ConsultationXML is now Open Source - Archive - The Dextrous Web

ConsultationXML is now Open Source - Archive - The Dextrous Web — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:01:42 +0000

[...] pleased to announce that after a bit of wrangling, Steph Gray and I are able to release ConsultationXML as open source software under the GNU Affero license. The recent report on open source software in [...]

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:58:20 +0000

Hi Neil — will do.

The answer is that we’re doing both. The XML Schema is public, so anyone who wants to can take the XML and do stuff with it. I’ll be making somthing soon, and I think the Cabinet Office are having a crack as well.

Certainly we want to be as open as possible, and let people do more or less as they like. Hopefully we can make it open source soon!

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:48:06 +0000

Great work Harry and Steph. I’ve been keeping an eye on this one as you know.

But, not being that much of a data geek (through lack of application not any avoidance of geekhood!) I think I need help with the next bit: things you can do with the xml that deliver better experiences for the user.

Is your intention to throw it open to the community and see what people come up with, or are you working on a phase II?

(Incidentally, please install the subscribe to comments plugin, it would be handy to get alerts when you reply…) Ta

By: New small tools for better government, horrid pdf’s and the Power of Information Report in Beta « Test Site

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:58:57 +0000

[...] Harry Metcalfe on a simple site which should make future online consultation easier. It turns a “horrid” pdf into xml and html – which makes it much easier to use these cumbersome documents for much [...]

By: Public Policy Engagement with Commentariat « OUseful.Info, the blog…

Public Policy Engagement with Commentariat « OUseful.Info, the blog… — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:25:46 +0000

[...] it seems like the DIUS folks are also trying to open things up at the document level? ConsultationXML: getting reusable data out of horrid PDFs. But I’m too tired to chase this through just now to find out exactly what they’re up [...]