Public Safety Codes of the World: Stand Up For Safety!

A project in Sebastopol, CA by Carl Malamud, Public.Resource.Org
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We're converting 28,040 public safety standards into valid HTML files to make them freely accessible and much more usable.
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Dates: Sep 28th -> Oct 28th (30 days)
Project By: Carl Malamud, Public.Resource.Org
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Latest News

A Prayer for Our Democracy

October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
ASCII to ASCII, disk to disk, data thou art and data thou shalt return. Today, I published 130 more ASTM standards that have been rekeyed into HTML. We have posted a total of 328 ASTM files as scans from PDF and 256 are now available as open HTML.... (Read More)

Thanks For Your Support

October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
I want to thank the 529 people who stood up and put their credit card on the line to back my Kickstarter campaign. That really means a lot to me. It was also gratifying to see the very nice coverage of this campaign in Boing Boing, Techdirt, Next... (Read More)

Meet the Code People

October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
I post legally-mandated public safety codes, like the National Electrical Code, on our web site for anybody to read. The National Electrical Code is required by law by the Federal government and by all 50 states. But, not everybody thinks that's a... (Read More)

Feel the Power of the Vector Graphics

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
This update is technical. I hope that's ok! I wanted to explain the difference between bitmap graphics you find in standards and the vector graphics we make. Oh, and thanks very much to everybody that has been signing up to support the campaign. It... (Read More)

Boxing Day in Mississippi!

October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
First, thanks so much to all of you have signed up as backers. There was a really nice article by Nancy Scola about the campaign and it's been great to see all the tweets of support from friends old and new.  Public safety codes are one of example... (Read More)

India Standards Updated

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We have processed a new posting of standards from India. This includes 105 new 2013 documents as well as updates to over 200 of the existing standards. You can find these standards on our site for access using multiple protocols, An easy way to see... (Read More)

Accessibility Standards for Buildings

October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
First, thanks so much to the 286 of you who have backed this project. Many of the names I recognize, many are new to me. In both cases, I'm immensely gratified by the support. I know "public safety" isn't the most glamorous topic in the world, so it... (Read More)

106 New ASTM Standards Converted

September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
The work we're doing to rekey standards is part of a long-standing process we've put in place, starting with the California building codes and moving on to over 1,000 standards so far that span the globe. Just today, I added HTML versions of 106... (Read More)

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