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jancborchardt on Nov 21, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Openfood – Open access info about barcoded food pr...

Yeah, sometimes I’m really annoyed about the lack of collaboration between different open source projects. Asked them if they plan on working together: https://twitter.com/jancborchardt/status/800805611822665728

Because their first sentence is just incorrect:

> Is there a need for such a database? Absolutely. Today, there is no database on Swiss food products that is truly open, free, and - perhaps most importantly - programmatically accessible via an API).

- Swiss products http://world.openfoodfacts.org/country/switzerland

- API http://world.openfoodfacts.org/data

Granted, Open Food Facts needs some design improvements. But why work on a Swiss-only system with nice design when there is a way bigger and more established platform already in place.

teolemon on Nov 22, 2016 [–]

+1 We have http://android.openfoodfacts.org http://ios.openfoodfacts.org to check products (and more importantly liberate products :-)

Also, we're looking for all the help we can get: barcode scanners, designers, programmers, translators, communicators, you name it

Come scan with us ;-)

Pierre

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