Comparative Legislative Data
Open Audit & Mapping Atlas
Mapping data availability, API endpoints, rate limits, and structural schemas across international assemblies to establish a clean, harmonised foundation for legislative research.
Project Approach & Core Architecture
Establishing a transparent, citable foundation for legislative data.
Dual-Layer Schema
Separates normalized.* comparative fields (for cross-national statistical analysis) from native.* raw detail (for single-country specialists).
3-Tier Data Provenance
Classifies every field as NATIVE_DIRECT, ENRICHED_BY_PIPELINE, or UNAVAILABLE_GAP to maintain complete academic transparency.
Atomic Building Blocks
Focuses on generating clean, raw variables (sitting days, termination mechanisms, division counts) so researchers construct custom indices.
BICD-First Phasing
Beginning with the 8 British Isles & Crown Dependency assemblies before expanding sequentially to global parliaments.
Wave 1 Focus: British Isles & Crown Dependencies
Auditing data availability across 8 assemblies in the BICD region.
UK Parliament
Westminster • Sovereign Bicameral
Scottish Parliament
Holyrood • Devolved Unicameral
Senedd Cymru
Cardiff • Devolved Unicameral
Northern Ireland Assembly
Stormont • Devolved Assembly
Isle of Man Tynwald
Douglas • Crown Dependency Bicameral
States of Jersey
St Helier • Crown Dependency Consensus
States of Guernsey
St Peter Port • Crown Dependency Consensus
Gibraltar Parliament
Gibraltar • Overseas Territory