toward a parliamentary domain model
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What is the shape of this thing?
(Roughly speaking)
Which is all fineIn theory. Except the data platform is not a magic bucket…
Strings are not things
Strings are not things
Strings are not things
Archipelagos
If the data doesn’t join, the website won’t link
Missing links
Missing links
Missing links
Missing links
Domain Modelling
Domain Modelling• Not yet a “computer thing”; more user research with a different
technique• The domain modelling is more important than the domain model• Don’t “start with user needs”. Start with user mental models• Get people to sketch their view of their world. Sketch back at them• Accept that some bits of Parliament are complicated. But some bits
are complex• Model just enough to be useful but no more
https://github.com/ukpds/domain-models
Ubiquitous language• Business application labels• Data model / ontology• Service layer API• Models• Controllers• URLs• Markup• CSS etc
Next steps• Sense check the details around passage of a bill• Zoom in to specific areas as business applications and the new website require• More domain modelling with domain experts (internal and external)• More domain modelling with end users• Synthesise the models• Derive data models (ontologies) from the domain model• The domain model is not just a step to a data model• It informs the information architecture of business applications, stapling tools and
the new website• And how the website interoperates with the wider web
Demo of schema.org so far
Future collaboration• With House of Representatives on data models and mappings to
schema.org• With schema.org to map our internal model to search engine friendly
models• With GDS / NAO on registers (reference data) for common interests
(eg Government departments)• With other parliaments (via the IPU) to agree on common models
(and differences)• With Wikidata to map our identifiers to theirs
Thanks to• IDMS• The Journal Office• The Table Office• The Public Bills Office• Commons Library• Lords Library• The Archive
Always end on polemic• Your parliament is not a snowflake