Create data structures

[johnpeart]

The site will generate from a CSV file using Jekyll as a static site generator.

The data structure needs to be defined in order to build out the rest of the code for the generator to make its pages.

This file needs to be updated to reflect the desired structure.

[johnpeart]

The dataset currently requires:

1. name – name of the councillor
2. local-authority – the name of the local authority the councillor is in
3. ward – the ward (is there any other descriptor for council 'constituencies'?)
4. party– the party the councillor is affiliated with
5. start-date – the data the councillor was elected
6. end-date – the data the councillor finished in office
7. identity – the declared identity of the councillor (will default to LGBT+ if not stated)
8. source-description – a description of where the source of the data comes from (i.e. a newspaper title)
9. source-date – the date the source was published
10. source-url – the URL of the source if available
11. id – a unique identifier for the councillor (note: unlike the parliament website where each MP has a unique number, this will likely need to be generated manually)
12. official-website – a URL for the councillor if they have an official profile or website
13. notes – any notes added by the contributor
14. image-source – the name of the source for the councillor's portrait photo
15. image-source-url – the URL for the portrait photo
16. image-license – the license the photo is used under
17. image-license-url – the URL of the license itself

What else should be included?

[maxxturing]

RE Question 2...Wikipedia suggests the below...

England

• "Ward" for civil parishes and borough and district councils
• "Electoral Division" for English county councils and some unitary authorities

Wales

• "Electoral Ward" (Welsh principal council)

Scotland

• "Ward'

Northern Ireland

• "Electoral Areas" are subdivisions of 'Districts'

...given the above it might be best to use Electoral District as a catch-all?

There might also be a case to introduce "Region" or "Council Type" (or something similar) to the table too.

At the same time I don't want to overcomplicate things before we've started, as I'm sure these things can be adjusted later...

[johnpeart]

The data.csv has been amended to:

• use 'electoral-district' instead of 'ward'
• add a 'local-authority-type' (better to include something now than to need it later and have to go back over all the data!)

If you're happy with that data structure, I'll crack on with building out the code to do the sorting.