People, rather than Members

Whenever the blog goes quiet, it’s a sign that we’re coding a lot.

The latest public release of the Hansard Prototype now refers to ‘people’ rather than Members: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people – for example: Mr. Tony Benn.

This represents a substantial improvement in how we recognise and display those recorded as speaking in Hansard. Your comments are most welcome.

If you’re on Twitter, please feel free to comment there if you prefer – you can find me at @robertbrook. Apparently Tony Benn is on Twitter as well – but he’s not as chatty.

This entry was written by Robert Brook, posted on December 4, 2008 at 6:32 pm, filed under Hansard Prototype and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

One Comment

  1. rtnrlfy
    Posted May 17, 2009 at 4:16 pm | Permalink |

    I realize I’m a little late in commenting on this post, but I only just found it… is there information in Hansard not only on the names of those recorded in speaking in Hansard but also on their political affiliation (e.g., Liberal, Labour, Conservative)? Such info would be very useful, as currently I must go into Wikipedia or a similar resource to identify someone’s affiliation.

    Many thanks for a fantastic resource!
    Lesley

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