Greg Bloom

Announcements about an organization, its services, and/or locations.

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I've been asked about data elements to structure announcements that might be associated with an organization, location, or service. This is especially important during times of crisis, when information about...

Indicate license in the Readme and documentation site

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I just realized it's not easy to see what the license is on our docs site or in the README. I suppose there's some complexity in that there are different...

Probably should have had this a while ago.

Using CSV on the Web metadata?

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I recently connected with @danbri, who suggested that we look into [the CSV-on-the-Web](https://www.w3.org/2013/05/lcsv-charter.html) metadata vocabulary. This may be less relevant for the API-related use cases that we've recently been discussing....

Multiple opens_at / closes_at times within schedule?

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via @derekfidler's [comment on our ReadTheDocs](https://hyp.is/Ly5K-ox5EeehvRtgW_FIow/docs.openreferral.org/en/latest/reference/): > We've found from working with shelters and other services for the homeless that many services have multiple opens_at and closes_at times within a...

Better indicate required <> optional distinction, and bring back 'recommended' status

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I'm hearing feedback that people want to better understand which fields are required vs optional in various contexts. This might not be one fix, so much as a set of...

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