A mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into an integrated experience. This political mashup brings together political information produced by Dutch political parties (their promises and actions: election manifestos, party websites, parliamentary proceedings) and as well information on the reception of political promises and actions (news as well as user generated content from blogs, discussion for and comments on news items). This political mashup enables novel historical research, creates challenging opportunities for computational linguists, and offers valuable and innovative testing-grounds for information retrieval researchers. The PoliticalMashup dataset comprises of all parliamentary proceedings of the Dutch Parliament and Senate from 1814 until april 2012.For related datasets see the Thematic collection: 'PoliticalMashup and Dutch Parliamentary Proceedings 1814-2013'.

Date Submitted: 2012-06-29