Define Dataset: Incorporation Data (Companies)

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Working towards a US State Open Data Census

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Define Dataset: Incorporation Data (Companies) #39

Open emily878 opened 9 years ago

emily878 commented 9 years ago

Define the essential substantive elements of the core Incorporation dataset. What are the components that it must minimally include? Do we have a dataset that we could hold up as a model?

waldoj commented 9 years ago

In my limited experience, it seems like you'd need:

ID
name
address
registered agent
registered agent's address
date of incorporation
status
state formed
officers
shares (if applicable)

Looking at OpenCorporates' API reference, this may actually cover things pretty well.

waldoj commented 9 years ago

Yeah, I think that's the minimum viable dataset.