The FCC is making more than 1.1 million...
The FCC is making more than 1.1 million net neutrality comments available as a series of six XML files, containing 1.4 GB of data, said Gigi Sohn, special counsel to Chairman Tom Wheeler, Tuesday in a blog post (http://fcc.us/1qSmGh3). Releasing…
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the comments as open data in a machine-readable format “will allow researchers, journalists and others to analyze and create visualizations of the data so that the public and the FCC can discuss and learn from the comments we've received,” Sohn said. The files are big, she noted, containing 2.5 times the amount of plain-text data in the Encyclopedia Britannica. “We recognize that not everyone may have the requisite technical skills to build visualizations and analyze raw XML data,” Sohn said. “However, we're hoping that those who do have the technical know-how will develop and share these tools for the public to use.” Sohn stressed “every” comment submitted to the FCC will be reviewed as part of the record of the proceeding.