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Mike Thacker

Mike Thacker

Porism joins the Placecube Group

I am pleased to announce that I have sold Porism Limited so from 1 November 2022 Porism is wholly owned by Placecube.

Nov 2, 2022

Nov 2, 2022

Mike Thacker

Open Referral becoming the norm for sharing open information on services

Now the UK Government Data Standards Authority Steering Board has endorsed Open Referral UK (ORUK), you can expect to see it used to share…

Mar 22, 2022

Open Referral UK structure showing each service belongs to an organization and can have contacts, locations, schedules, costs, eligibility criteria, taxonomy terms and languages spoken

Mar 22, 2022

Mike Thacker

Fixing the plumbing — What it that means for local service data

In September 2019, I published Not another directory of services! describing plans to implement a standard for the exchange of data on…

Mar 29, 2020

Fixing the plumbing — What it that means for local service data

Mar 29, 2020

Mike Thacker
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Porism’s Blog

Not another directory of services!

Moving towards a single source of reliable open data on services to improve people’s quality of life

Sep 4, 2019

Not another directory of services!

Sep 4, 2019

Mike Thacker
in
Porism’s Blog

Keeping up with changes in local government geographies

In April 2019, five new English councils will come into existence, replacing fifteen current ones. More changes will follow in future…

Mar 14, 2019

Keeping up with changes in local government geographies

Mar 14, 2019

Mike Thacker
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Porism’s Blog

Time to move over Mickey

Changes to standard lists making up the Local Government Business Model — What’s important for you?

Aug 17, 2018

Time to move over Mickey

Aug 17, 2018

Mike Thacker
in
Porism’s Blog

What's needed to discover, link and combine open datasets

Getting our act together so we can properly exploit open data

May 25, 2018

What's needed to discover, link and combine open datasets

May 25, 2018

Mike Thacker
in
Porism’s Blog

Creating and maintaining open standards

My company, Porism, is really pleased to launch a new open guide to data standards. It covers processes for open standards, helping you to…

Dec 21, 2017

Dec 21, 2017

Mike Thacker

Bitcoin — Trailblazer for a changing world, but not the end of the story

A personal view drawing on bits of fiction and history

Dec 4, 2017

Dec 4, 2017

Mike Thacker
in
Porism’s Blog

Boring, boring standards

Why they matter and how we can make them work.

Nov 7, 2017

Boring, boring standards

Nov 7, 2017

Mike Thacker

Mike Thacker

Graduate in Production Engineering and Economics. Director of @Porism and Technical Lead of @LGInformPlus. Open data enthusiast.

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