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U.S. legislative database
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Thomas .
THOMAS was the first online database of
United States Congress legislative information. A project of the
Library of Congress , it was launched in January 1995 at the inception of the
104th Congress and retired on July 5, 2016; it has been superseded by
Congress.gov .
[1]
Contents
The resource was a comprehensive, Internet-accessible source of information on the activities of Congress, including:
The database was named after
Thomas Jefferson , who was the third
President of the United States .
[2] "THOMAS" was an
acronym for "The House [of Representatives] Open Multimedia Access System".
[3]
The website allowed users to share legislative information via several
social networking sites ,
[4] and there were proposals for an
application programming interface .
[5]
Library of Congress Legislative Data Challenge
The Library of Congress created the Markup of US Legislation in Akoma Ntoso challenge
[6] in July 2013 to create representations of selected US bills using the most recent Akoma Ntoso standard within a couple months for a $5,000 prize,
[7] and the Legislative XML Data Mapping challenge in September 2013
[8] to produce a data map for US bill XML and UK bill XML to the most recent
Akoma Ntoso schema within a couple months for a $10,000 prize.
[9]
In December 2013, the Library of Congress announced "Jim Mangiafico as the winner of our first legislative data challenge, Markup of US Legislation in Akoma Ntoso and the $5,000 prize".
[10]
In February 2014, Jim Mangiafico and Garrett Schure as the winners of the Library of Congress Second Legislative Data Challenge .
[11]
References
^
"Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): THOMAS Retirement" .
Library of Congress . Retrieved October 18, 2014 .
^
"THOMAS.gov to Retire July 5" . News from the Library of Congress . The Library of Congress. April 28, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
^ Vlietstra, J. (2001).
Dictionary of Acronyms and Technical Abbreviations: For Information and Communication Technologies and Related Areas . Springer Science & Business Media. p. 624.
ISBN
9781852333973 .
^
"Sharing THOMAS Content with the Share Tool" . THOMAS .
Library of Congress . Archived from
the original on 2010-12-10.
^
Zetter, Kim (March 5, 2009).
"the database of United States Congress legislative information" .
Wired .
^
"Markup of US Legislation in Akoma Ntoso" . Archived from
the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2013-09-23 .
^ Gheen, Tina (July 16, 2013).
"Library of Congress Announces First Legislative Data Challenge" .
Library of Congress .
^
"Legislative XML Data Mapping" . Legislative XML Data Mapping .
^ Gheen, Tina (September 10, 2013).
"Second Library of Congress Legislative Data Challenge Launched" .
Library of Congress .
^ Gheen, Tina (December 19, 2013).
"First Legislative Data Challenge Winner Announced" .
Library of Congress . Retrieved December 20, 2013 .
^ Gheen, Tina (February 25, 2014).
"Jim Mangiafico and Garrett Schure Announced as Winners of the Second Library of Congress Legislative Data Challenge" .
Library of Congress . Retrieved February 25, 2014 .
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