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jeffrey-kissel / blacklivesmatter

Creating infographics to in hopes to better disseminate data reporting the history of Black Americans
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Make sure data ingestion is automated #1

Open jeffrey-kissel opened 4 years ago

jeffrey-kissel commented 4 years ago

We want to be able to keep this infographic system informed with regular updates of the underlying data, so make sure this data ingestion system can be done automatically and/or with a "one-button-click" update.

jeffrey-kissel commented 4 years ago

Might be an agressive goal given how file formats over the years depend on the humans managing the data and the surrounding software community....

jeffrey-kissel commented 4 years ago

Not to mention how these poor humans are categorized...

From the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) website: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=269#Changes_over_time

"Changes Over Time"

The following categories were added or altered over time: admission and release categories; race and ethnicity categories (1999, 2005); inmates held in local jails due to crowding (1978); inmates held in private facilities, local jails, and in another state (1999); persons age 17 or younger held (1998); non-U.S. citizens held (1998); and HIV information (1999).