By Dave Nyczepir
Route Fifty
Comparing datasets between local jurisdictions can be challenging because they rarely match field for field, yet more and more public information is regularly released as governments continue to join the growing open data movement.
To better meet demand for actionable open government insights, a consortium of eight civic and real estate technology companies released a permits data standard last week on public code repository GitHub.
Aside from a short list of required permit data and optional status change, contractor and inspections fields, the consortium hopes municipal and county jurisdictions will recommend additions to the draft standard.
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