Airtable and the Human Services Data Specification

[ArthurSmid]

An example of an Airtable database using the Human Services Data Specification: https://airtable.com/universe/expgKuiAS5AIkz75n/child-and-adolescent-behavioral-health-services-database-template

HSDS is designed to support the publication of open, interoperable community resource directory data.

https://openreferral.readthedocs.io/en/latest/hsds/reference/#hsds-spec

https://openreferral.org/delivering-open-referral-solutions-with-airtable/

[ArthurSmid]

Here's an introduction to another Airtable template using the Human Services Data Specification: https://airtable.com/universe/expwt9yr65lFGUJAr/open-referral-social-services-directory-v20

And the empty template itself: https://airtable.com/universe/expwt9yr65lFGUJAr/open-referral-social-services-directory-v20?explore=true

Columns:

Name (example: Porism Service)
Organization (example: Porism Ltd)
id
Alternate Name
Description
locations
address
url
email
status
interpretation_services
application_process
taxonomy
phones
schedule
contacts
details
service_area
metadata

Hm. Not sure how that left sidebar relates to the columns . . .

This Airtable using HSDS actually has data, and this could be easier to make sense of: https://airtable.com/universe/expgKuiAS5AIkz75n/child-and-adolescent-behavioral-health-services-database-template?explore=true

In the Airtable with data all those columns are there and have the same names, except it has one additional column at the end of row:

AIRS Taxonomy-x

And AIRS is something that Heather at White Bird mentioned when we talked with Greg Bloom.

Well, the sidebar is the same:

services
locations
organizations
contact
phones
address
schedule
service_area
taxonomy
details

To better understand the fields, I think the thing to do will be to review the Specification itself, this defines all those terms used in the Airtable: http://docs.openreferral.org/en/latest/hsds/reference/#names-and-descriptions

[ArthurSmid]

Beginning at 13:45 an introduction to HSDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMi2tt37AHc

[ArthurSmid]

Related piece: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schema.org

https://schema.org/

By using these data formats, the web crawlers can index the pages and that will enhance discovery of the providers in Lane County. I'm wondering if this is possible with Airtable?

[ArthurSmid]

Navigating Airtable: "First, we'll learn about the different parts of a base, then, we'll learn how you can customize each of them to fit your needs." https://support.airtable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021333094