Forum: New Web Service Requests
This thread sits in the Undata Api community forum, the place where members put forward and discuss ideas for new data services. The topic runs to 3,286 posts and was started on 29 Dec, 2009.
Posted 29 Dec, 2009 11:45 AM by moores (1 post).
As a side project I have been building a comparable web services portal that covers both observation data — such as the datasets offered here — and reference data. Your service for listing available datasets is itself a good example of reference data. I am curious whether you would be open to building, or to working alongside the WHO on, a new service modelled on the country information endpoint from geonames.org. My main concern is that those boundaries are not UN boundaries. I would also suggest adding two extra fields: one for a flag image and one for a country image. It seems to me that UN population figures, official country names and similar details ought to be exposed as a web service, and this single case could well become the most heavily used service among international organisations. Just a thought. — Steve MOORE, Data Manager, World Health Organization.
Posted 08 Feb, 2010 07:58 AM by Guillaume Balas (1 post).
Hello Steve, apologies for the very late reply to your questions. I would be happy to set up a telephone call to discuss your question and suggestion. You can reach me by email at [email protected]. Guillaume Balas, VP Sales & Marketing Europe, 3SCALE NETWORKS — managing the ubiquity of your online content.
Later Thread Activity
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The thread shows how the Undata Api community shapes new services: a member proposes a country information endpoint modelled on geonames.org, and the discussion covers reference data, UN boundaries, and extra fields such as flag and country images. Reading it alongside the documentation and data information pages gives a sense of how requests like this connect to the datasets offered here.