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:hammer: A website for the BLDS Data Specification
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Minimum Permit Type Coverage for BLDS Data #68

Open mheadd opened 9 years ago

mheadd commented 9 years ago

Should compliance require inclusion of all permit types? Or, if only a subset of permit types are available, should this be noted in the Dataset Information File (or in some other location)?

bettin commented 8 years ago

Obviously I'd like to see all permit types included, but wouldn't want to prevent someone from publishing what was available. I don't see any issue in allowing the data to be broken into different sets (new construction, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, etc.), but it is very important to have a way of identifying the included and excluded types.

On a related note, is there any confusion about the name "BLDS" meaning building permits instead of just all permits?

mheadd commented 8 years ago

@bettin - a good question. It does feel a little confusing sometimes differentiating between 'building permits' used generically and permits for constructing a building. Perhaps we can offset this some other way - an FAQ somewhere perhaps?