Re: NY Property Tax Explorer

Hi Carlos,

I also agree with that! In general, the current BP are format-independent.

kind regards,
Bernadette

2015-04-03 21:46 GMT-03:00 Carlos Iglesias <contact@carlosiglesias.es>:

> Totally agree with Makx's points in this thread.
>
> For me:
>
> (1) Every format has its own purpose and ideal use case.
> (2) Our BPs shouldn't be format-dependent.
>
> Best,
>  CI.
>
> On 28 March 2015 at 09:30, Makx Dekkers <mail@makxdekkers.com> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > Anyone publishing tabular data in a PDF really needs to have a word with
>> > themselves.
>> >
>>
>> Can we maybe try not to get into these kinds of absolute, unqualified
>> statements?
>>
>> I agree that if someone has tubular data and creates a PDF that contains
>> only a table with just that table is not doing anyone a service. However,
>> if
>> such a table is included in a document that contains explanations and
>> analysis of the data, aimed at a human readership, I don't think PDF is a
>> bad choice. Of course, the data in the table should be published in a
>> better
>> machine-readable format alongside the PDF. What I would not want to see is
>> that we encourage service providers to publish data only as CSV and
>> discontinue publication of any human-readable information.
>>
>> As Annette says, it depends on the intention.
>>
>> Makx.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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Bernadette Farias Lóscio
Centro de Informática
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Brazil
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