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Front end application for http://org-id.guide
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Add binary flag to UI indicating ability to find ID from source #155

Open reidmporter opened 7 years ago

reidmporter commented 7 years ago

In addition to the scores already visible, add a flag that functions as a "dead end" sign (for things like US EIN's which we know aren't public/open), vs. a "Come in, we're open!" sign (for things like UK Companies House which we know will likely result in joy). This would be handy in both the org-id.guide UI and in AidStream's module.

andylolz commented 7 years ago

a "Come in, we're open!" sign

So explicitly: we’re talking about ‘the information you want (an identifier) is available online’ vs ‘you have to phone someone up or send a fax or something’. Is that right?

reidmporter commented 7 years ago

It could be a red/yellow/green even:

The line between yellow and red blurs though. Is there a clear distinction between the "medium and hard" cases?

timgdavies commented 7 years ago

In the JSON output, the access.availableOnline property should be a true/false flag for whether it's possible to access the list online in some form.

However, I believe this could be set in each of the situations where:

  1. The list is accessible online in a big XML dump that most people would struggle to search;
  2. There is an online tool that can be used to verify an identifier, but not allow free-text search;
  3. There is a lovely, friendly online search interface;

I suspect we really want to be able to flag when (3) is true with the green light, and then perhaps give some other indication when (1) or (2) are true.

The feature to have a pre-populated template to request IDs is a great one that we should look at in the next phase too.