Develop custom taxonomy

[pmackay]

Ohana uses http://openeligibility.org/, but this has a US bias. The HH list is below, which is flat. Do we want to develop a nested list with 2nd level terms?

Arts & Crafts
Builders & Tradespeople
Business & Finance
Charities & Appeals
Children & Families
Crime & Policing
Education & Learning
Environment & Parks
Entertainment
Fayres
Food & Drink
Government & Politics
Hair, Beauty & Cosmetics
Health, Sport & Wellbeing
History
Home & Garden Services
Local amenities
Meeting
Music, Film, Dance
Pets & Animal care
Religion
Shops & Local economy
Travel & Transport
Volunteering & Community

cc @GilesGibson @GreenCChampion @djwesto

[pmackay]

Also the terms shown on the homepage are defined manually and are search terms across the site. So any thoughts on specific terms that would be good highlight via the homepage is welcome.

Is the distinction between regular and emergency items important?

[djwesto]

As discussed with Giles today, crucially, we need to point out that there is no categorisation of the GIFTS data set we've imported into the system.

And, there's also no agreed taxonomy for the GIFTS data yet either.

[GreenCChampion]

Let's see if there's a taxonomy for the Age UK directory @GilesGibson is meeting with them next Wednesday

[pmackay]

On another check, there is a set of categories in the GIFTS data. Have extracted this below. There are 164 categories across ~800 records. There are sub-categories based on separations with the \ character.

Do we want to use this directly?

Advice Services Advice Services\Advice and Legal Services ( Social Welfare Law) Advice Services\Advice, Information & Support Service Advice Services\Direct Payments Support Service Advice Services\General Advice Services\Getting out and about Advice Services\Health & wellbeing Advice Services\Housing & care homes Advice Services\Information & Advice - mental health services Advice Services\Information and Advice (Women Support) Advice Services\Information, Advice and Advocacy Advice Services\Legal & money Advice Services\Living at home Advice Services\Living with a disability Advice Services\Looking after someone Advice Services\Other Advice Services\Social Welfare Advice Services Advice Services\Staying safe Advice Services\Welfare Benefit Advice Services Arts Arts\Dance Arts\Drama Arts\Film Arts\Graphic Design Arts\Music Arts\Visual Art BME Support Group Business Business\Retail Capacity Building Services Children & Young People Children & Young People\After School Children & Young People\Early Years Children & Young People\Education & Training Children & Young People\Extended Schools Children & Young People\NEET Children & Young People\Nursery Children & Young People\Playschemes - Summer Children & Young People\Playschemes - Easter Children & Young People\Schools Children & Young People\Schools\Primary Children & Young People\Schools\Secondary Children & Young People\Schools\Special Children & Young People\Youth Community Assets Community Centre Community Development Community Development\Parks Project Community Development\Regeneration Project Community Development\Umbrella Organisation/2nd tier Community Hubs Community Organisations Community Safety Community Safety\Business Crime Project Community Safety\Community Safety event Community Safety\Core Funding Grant Community Safety\Crime prevention & detection Community Safety\Drug awareness & Needs Assessment Community Safety\Football Project Community Safety\Gang Intervention Programme Community Safety\Mentoring Community Safety\Prostitution outreach Community Safety\Safer Neighbourhood Panel Community Safety\Targetted interventions Community Safety\Trauma counselling for victims of crime Community Safety\Youth Diversion Project Consultation & Engagement Crime Domestic Violence Support Education & Training Employment & Training Environment Faith Group Faith Group\Denomination Faith Group\Denomination\Anglican Faith Group\Denomination\Anglican & Methodist Faith Group\Denomination\Baptist Faith Group\Denomination\Buddhist Faith Group\Denomination\Christian Faith Group\Denomination\Evangelical Faith Group\Denomination\Hindu Faith Group\Denomination\Incomplete Faith Group\Denomination\Independent Faith Group\Denomination\Islam Faith Group\Denomination\Jewish Faith Group\Denomination\Methodist Faith Group\Denomination\Multi Faith Faith Group\Denomination\Pentecostal Faith Group\Denomination\Quakers Faith Group\Denomination\Rastafarian Faith Group\Denomination\Roman Catholic Faith Group\Denomination\Seventh Day Adventist Faith Group\Muslim Community Forum Faith Group\Other\Charitable organisation Health & Social Care Health & Social Care\Adults Health & Social Care\Advice & Information Health & Social Care\Children & Families Health & Social Care\Counselling Health & Social Care\Day Care Services Health & Social Care\Disabilities Health & Social Care\Domiciliary Care Health & Social Care\GP Surgeries Health & Social Care\HIV/Aids Health & Social Care\Learning disabilities Health & Social Care\Learning disabilities\Adults Health & Social Care\Mental Health Health & Social Care\Older people Health & Social Care\Rehabilitation Health & Social Care\Resource Centre Health & Social Care\Respite Care Health & Social Care\Substance abuse Health & Social Care\Support Services Health & Social Care\Transport Heritage Housing Housing\Community Association Housing\Registered Social Landlord Housing\Tenants & Residents Assoc Housing\Tenants & Residents Assoc (Registered) Infastructure Org/Second Tier LCF Grant Recipient Leisure/Play facilities Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender\Gay men Libraries Local Services London CVS (Councils for Voluntary Service) Manufacturer Media Media\Creative & Cultural Industry Partnerships Private Sector Organisation Private Sector Organisation\Advice Private Sector Organisation\Environment Private Sector Organisation\Food & Drink Regeneration Relief of poverty Social Enterprise Social Enterprise\Advice Social Enterprise\Culture Social Enterprise\Education & Training Social Enterprise\Environment Social Enterprise\Financial Social Enterprise\Food &Drink Social Enterprise\Health Social Enterprise\Housing Social Enterprise\Retail Sports Sports\Club Sports\Coaching Sports\Community Event Statutory Agencies Statutory Agencies\Local Authority Statutory Agencies\London Borough of Lambeth Statutory Agencies\Metropolitan Police Statutory Agencies\Prison Service (HMP Brixton) Traffic/Roads Training Travel\Rail VCS - IT Resources & Support\UK Online Centres Venue for hire Volunteering Women's Support Group

[GreenCChampion]

This seems like a good starting point

[GreenCChampion]

Although looking at it in detail I don't like some of the categories and I can't see parks or libraries for instance. I suspect new categories have been added based on grants given.

[pmackay]

What is your preference:

• use it without change
• spend some time updating it but use most of it
• use Herne Hill much simpler list

[GreenCChampion]

Is the Herne Hill list the same as the OpenLocal list?

[pmackay]

Yes it would be.

For now I'm going to import the taxonomy defined by the GIFTS data, as it makes it easier to assign for the existing content.

Sounds like we also need to do a review of it later.