#1 Marcus: We want your ideas! 10/02/2010 10:17:01

Yes...an API is the way to go. It would need to serve both spatial and statistical data.

#2 Neil: Yes, an API 09/02/2010 03:03:28

I'd like to add my vote for an API, that returns JSON and/or XML.

#3 Amar: We want your ideas! 05/02/2010 14:02:16

To provide a snapshop of any project when the cursor hoovers over the link. This way one does not have to click on the link to know any basic information.

#4 Jonathan: We want your ideas! 06/01/2010 12:50:28

1. By far the biggest reaching impact would be a fully developed API for the stats. That way anyone would be able to call the data they want and present it in any way they choose.

2. A flash implementation to view data for nonprogrammers through google's chart API that runs in a totally point and click interface.

#5 Joseph: We want your ideas! 03/12/2009 17:19:27

I've made a simple programmatic interface to your data. { Link }

Its simple but incomplete. It would be great if you guys provided an API like that instead. Then you could make better data quality guarantees and encourage more usage of the great work you do. (There's only one of me! I can't check the data.)

#6 Di: We want your ideas! 05/11/2009 14:03:37

Use visualisation/graphics, like "The Billion Dollar Gram"

{ Link } - stuff non-statisticians can appreciate instantly.

#7 H: We want your ideas! 23/09/2009 20:06:31

Hiya guys! It would be handy to see a list of all the projects, possibly sortable by implemented, or not.

#8 Simon: API 04/08/2009 01:31:07

I agree, a good API or something along those lines would be really good.

#9 Craig: Machine-readable data 22/05/2009 14:18:56

Hi guys,

CData is great - but it would be ten times greater if the ABS provided an API or at least machine-readable and geocoded data which can be easily integrated into other peoples' websites.

This would really open up the great data provided by the ABS

#10 Anne: Online Chat for abs.gov.au 13/05/2009 13:13:10

one idea of improving the interactivity of the ABS website is to enable live on line chat. Example, if I have a question regarding some stats figures I am able to chat to some in the Bureau. It can also extend the way of contacting NIRs, currently users have to call a 1300x or static ways of getting touch ie email etc.