{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/44","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/44/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/44/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/44/events","html_url":"https://github.com/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/44","id":44707193,"number":44,"title":"All Your Forms Are Belong To Us","user":{"login":"alanjosephwilliams","id":2983464,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2983464?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams","html_url":"https://github.com/alanjosephwilliams","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanjosephwilliams/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2014-10-02T16:24:21Z","updated_at":"2015-03-14T19:58:13Z","closed_at":null,"body":"### BLUF:\r\nIn the course of our work on [Clean](https://github.com/codeforamerica/calfresh-and-so-clean) we have started thinking more generically about the process of taking key information about an individual through a web form, and then using that data to populate one or more existing paper/PDF forms. The idea being—if we map the location of the \"first name\" field on all of these forms, we could have data submitted once, and written to many forms using PDFtk.\r\n\r\nSo. how about we collect  _all PDF forms that one could potentially need to fill out with that personal information_.  In other words, let's try to collect all government PDF/Paper forms available on the internet. Maybe we could start with a single state, like California. Let's learn whether obvious taxonomies for forms already exist, or whether we could craft some lightweight categories.\r\n\r\n------------------------\r\n\r\nThis idea is inspired by the spirit and tactical approach of [OpenAddresses](https://github.com/openaddresses/openaddresses). OpenAddresses collects address data _in any format_ as long as it has a stable URL on the web. The URL is housed within a JSON blob containing other metadata such as its origins, the relevant location, and the type of data. Anybody can submit a link to OpenAddresses. The project leads then write handlers to covert the diverse data into a common format and schema for use.\r\n\r\nA bit of a h/t to @daguar on this idea. I've asked him to come in and edit the body of this idea to flush out the approach a bit more. @lippytak was involved too, he might also have color to add.\r\n\r\n![allyourbase](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2983464/5845747/7a01a7e6-a173-11e4-8925-a31c72dd6aa2.jpg)\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/comments/80693725","html_url":"https://github.com/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/44#issuecomment-80693725","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/44","id":80693725,"user":{"login":"daguar","id":994938,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/994938?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar","html_url":"https://github.com/daguar","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-14T19:58:13Z","updated_at":"2015-03-14T19:58:13Z","body":"Code for DC's \"District Housing\" project ( https://github.com/codefordc/districthousing ) takes a similar approach to this, specifically for Section 8-eligible housing applications. cc @jrunningen @jposi who seem to be active in that project.\r\n"}}