accessibility_for_disabilities.accessibility is insufficent

OpenReferralUK / human-services

Extensions proposed by the English Local Government Association (LGA) and the local government OpenCommunity project to the OpenReferral standard for human services data. Schema generator code is given to express the schema in various formats. Data conversion routines to make it conform to the standard. API that serves the data in a format compliant with the standard.

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accessibility_for_disabilities.accessibility is insufficent #3

Open PorismDominicSkinner opened 4 years ago

PorismDominicSkinner commented 4 years ago

It has been pointed out that the enum in this field is US specific. We need to replace this information with a schema or enum of our own the source of which has not been determined.

MikeThacker1 commented 4 years ago

OpenReferral has:

cd
deaf_interpreter
disabled_parking
elevator
ramp
restroom
tape_braille
tty
wheelchair
wheelchair_van

UK work has so far not produced an enumeration or identified a suitable external taxonomy. Free text used in data so far includes:

Accessible toilets
Accessible toilets
Bus nearby
Dementia friendly
Free Events
Guide dog friendly
Venue is on one level
Visually impaired friendly
Wheelchair access

MikeThacker1 commented 2 years ago

The other_attribute table in HSDS 2 (equivalent to link_taxonomy in the UK version 1) allows for linking to an accessibility taxonomy. The recording location accessibility forum thread describes other accessibility fields