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Public Facilities Sanitation

Public Toilets

by Local Government Association (LGA)

A CSV template for describing details of toilet services where local government is responsible for cleaning and maintenance. Details include location, accessibility, hours of operation, and additional amenities

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Assessment

  • Open License Yes

  • Transferable to Other Jurisdictions Yes

    While some fields take URIs that are specific to UK locations, these fields are not required

  • Stakeholder Participation Yes

    The Local Government Association consists of local government officials who collaborate to develop best practices for local authorities, the would-be stakeholders.

  • Consensus-Based Governance No

    Although schemas and documentation are held on GitHub, changes can only be decided by the LGA

  • Extensions No

    The LGA provides a CSV template, and extensions are not supported by the LGA data portal

  • Human Readable Yes

    CSV template has readable headers

  • Machine Readable Yes

    CSV format required

  • Requires Up-To-Date / Real-Time Data No

    Dates included in the applications are noted, but there is no requirement for consistent publication

  • Metadata No

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