THOMAS
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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it was launched in January 1995 at the inception of the 104th Congress and retired on July 5, 2016; it has been superseded by Congress.gov.[1]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:
- bills and resolutions
- texts
- summaries and status
- voting results, including how individual members voted
- Congressional Record, including the daily digest
- presidential nominations
- treaties
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
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): THOMAS Retirement". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."THOMAS.gov to Retire July 5". News from the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress. April 28, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sharing THOMAS Content with the Share Tool". THOMAS. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2010-12-10.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zetter, Kim (March 5, 2009). "the database of United States Congress legislative information". Wired.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Markup of US Legislation in Akoma Ntoso". Retrieved 2013-09-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gheen, Tina (July 16, 2013). "Library of Congress Announces First Legislative Data Challenge". Library of Congress.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Legislative XML Data Mapping". Legislative XML Data Mapping.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gheen, Tina (September 10, 2013). "Second Library of Congress Legislative Data Challenge Launched". Library of Congress.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gheen, Tina (December 19, 2013). "First Legislative Data Challenge Winner Announced". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
External links
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