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  • Bruce Fitzsimons
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    Separation of time-series from reference data? Link to this post

    12 November 2009 at 9:12am Last edited: 13 November 2009 10:33am

    Disclaimer: novice opinion.

    When looking at the data sets I was most interested to find the geographic and other snapshot reference data sets. This is "slow to change" stuff like region definitions, political borders, populations, hell even names of all the cities, regions, etc in NZ. I know some of this is available for $$$ but it is basic reference data useful for all kinds of NZ apps.

    1. Should I expect this kind of data here?
    2. Is there a name for "hard" data versus statistical reports or am I inventing this difference?
    3. Any plans to move to a static URL redirection scheme so web-apps can periodically use the "latest" version of data?

    Don't get me wrong though, I'm very happy to see what is here already.

    Cheers,
    Bruce

  • Anthony
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    Re: Separation of time-series from reference data? Link to this post

    19 November 2009 at 12:14pm Last edited: 19 November 2009 12:22pm

    Hi Bruce - good idea. We're reviewing metadata at the moment and will include this suggestion on the list.

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