Events fields

Fields that are candidates for elimination are given in bold.

Fields on all documents

_id: the event ID in the format AKE00000001 where AK is the uppercase jurisdiction ID
_type: always event
state: the jurisdiction ID, e.g. ak
session: the legislative session
description: a description of the event
when: the time at which the event begins
end: the time at which the event ends
location: the event's location
type: a code for the type of event, e.g. committee:hearing
timezone: the event's timezone, e.g. America/Anchorage
participants
sources
Metadata
- created_at: the time at which the event was created
- updated_at: the time at which the event was updated

country: always us
level: always state
+chamber: lower, upper, joint or other
+agenda
participants.+committee_code
Related bills
- related_bills.bill_id: an abbreviation
- related_bills._scraped_bill_id
- related_bills.type: bill or consideration (related_bills.+type also occurs rarely)
- related_bills.description (related_bills.+description also occurs rarely)

_guid
_ical_feed: a URL to a vCalendar file
all_day: true or false
link (+link more rarely)
notes: notes about the event, e.g. a notice
status: confirmed or canceled (+cancelled more rarely)
+contact: contact person for the event, e.g. John Q. Public (555) 555-5555
+location_url: a Google Maps URL
+media_contact: media contact for the event, e.g. John Q. Public (555) 555-5555
sources.retrieved
Documents
- documents.url
- documents.name
- documents.+type: agenda, full-text or other
- documents.+mimetype: one of a list of MIME types
Participants
- participants.+position_name: either House Facilitator or Senate Facilitator for a single event
Related bills
- related_bills.id