Re: NY Property Tax Explorer

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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