BesluitBron reads data from seven public source platforms but does not manage any of them. Each page below describes what is contained in that platform, who manages it, how it is queried and, importantly, what it does not know. At the bottom of each page are the MCP address of the connector for that source and the tools available on it.
The figures on these pages were measured directly on the platform itself, with the date of the measurement included. A figure without a date would be unusable in a few months’ time.
The order below is alphabetical and does not imply any ranking. The source corresponding to each question is listed in the table below.
- Officiële Bekendmakingen: anything that has been formally published, from a local authority licence to a law;
- Open Archivaris: a closed crawl of government websites from 2020 and 2021;
- Open Raadsinformatie: council information from 331 local sources, exact figures, end-of-life announced;
- OpenBesluitvorming: its successor, featuring motions, individual member voting records and recordings of meetings;
- OpenTK: an independent index of the text of parliamentary documents, plus Woo publications and online consultations;
- Rechtspraak: the published rulings of the Dutch courts;
- Tweede Kamer: the official register of the national parliament, which serves as the authoritative record of decisions and votes.
Which source corresponds to which question
| The question | The source |
|---|---|
| What decision has my local council made on this matter? | Open Raadsinformatie or OpenBesluitvorming |
| How did each party group vote? | Tweede Kamer nationwide, OpenBesluitvorming locally |
| Where does this word appear in the documents? | OpenTK nationwide, Open Raadsinformatie locally |
| Has this been announced, and when? | Officiële Bekendmakingen |
| What did the judge say about this? | Rechtspraak |
| What used to be on the website here? | Open Archivaris |