Comments on: The Road Ahead

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:01:46 +0000

Oooh, it would be great to parse German tax law like this.

Of course what I am dreaming of is also parsing the meaning, implications, and interactions of the laws. Hmm, maybe some day.

Very inspiring work, keep going!

By: Waldo Jaquith

Waldo Jaquith — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:31:21 +0000

The purpose is to improve on it. :) Every state in the union provides their code online, they just all do so really badly. Compare any section of the Code of Virginia between the two sites, and I think you’ll find that it’s much more user-friendly on Virginia Decoded. More important, the State Decoded project provides an API and bulk downloads for state codes, the former unheard of and the latter rare among official state code websites.

Also, you’ll note that every section of code on Virginia Decoded contains a link to the same section on the official state website—it’s no secret that the same core information is available on the state’s site.

By: Rich Schumaker

Rich Schumaker — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:33:30 +0000

I don’t quit see the purpose of your hard work since the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Legislative information site contains the same information at http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+TOC. Nice job though.