Australia DFAT (AU-5) 404 status code response

[notshi]

Explanation of the issue

Since 31 March 2021, DFAT servers hosting IATI data have been responding with a 404 status code.

Only some datasets are affected. It seems to be that some of the urls for these files should be updated; for example:

https://www.dfat.gov.au/data/downloads/ausgov-organisation-file.xml should be https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ausgov-organisation-file.xml

https://www.dfat.gov.au/data/downloads/Australian_Aid_Regional_File_Europe_Unspecified.xml should be https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/Australian_Aid_Regional_File_Europe_Unspecified.xml

URLs / screenshots

https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/ausgov?q=error&sort=metadata_modified+desc

Does the publisher know?

Yes, I have contacted them via their IATI Registry contact and also IATI Support email.

IATI registry identifier for the publisher

ausgov

[notshi]

Address not found

Your message wasn't delivered to infoausaid@ausaid.gov.au because the domain ausaid.gov.au couldn't be found. Check for typos or unnecessary spaces and try again.

Unfortunately, it looks like the Registry contact does not exist but hopefully, IATI Support will respond.

[notshi]

Just for reference, the Registry files are listed on the DFAT website. https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/corporate/transparency/Pages/iati-data

There are 162 files listed on the DFAT website. There are 173 files listed on the Registry.

[notshi]

Found another email - from their activity page so have CC-ed them the following email thread.

[notshi]

IATI has requested an update from the publisher but publisher has not responded so have nudged them again.

[codeforIATIbot]

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[notshi]

This is now an ongoing issue and the IATI support ticket has been updated as 'on hold' as there has been no reply from the publishers.

[notshi]

The original thread has been closed so I've created a follow-up thread - hopefully DFAT responses. Same issues applies.

[notshi]

We finally received response from the DFAT which is great news.

They are currently in a transition period so the new team will, hopefully, get in touch about the issues raised.