Government · head-to-head
Data.parliament.uk vs Open Government, ACT
The Dataset Explorer's underlying Linked Data API, hosted at `lda.data.parliament.uk`, is still live: a keyless GET against `bills.json` returned real, paginated bill records (2,000+ results) with a wildcard `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header, and `endpoints.json` lists dozens of other datasets (committees, attendance, members) served the same way. It's a legacy platform, though — Parliament now also runs newer per-domain REST APIs (`members-api.parliament.uk`, `bills-api.parliament.uk`) that cover the same ground with a modern interface and are worth checking first for new integrations.
Data.act.gov.au is the Australian Capital Territory's open-data portal, run on Socrata; its catalog discovery API at `www.data.act.gov.au/api/catalog/v1` answers keyless GETs with full dataset JSON and a wildcard `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header (the bare `data.act.gov.au` apex briefly redirects through plain HTTP before landing back on the `www` host over HTTPS, so link to `www` directly). Individual datasets are queryable through Socrata's SODA API in JSON or CSV, covering ACT government services, planning, and community data.
| Data.parliament.uk | Open Government, ACT | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON, XML, RDF/XML | JSON, CSV |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
Data.parliament.uk supports 3 response formats, while Open Government, ACT offers fewer — pick Data.parliament.uk for more integration flexibility.