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Summary

Major documentation overhaul to improve accessibility and usability:

  • ✅ Complete README with installation and examples
  • ✅ Getting Started guide for new users
  • ✅ API Reference for all datasets and functions
  • ✅ Usage Examples with practical code snippets
  • ✅ Data Sources documentation
  • ✅ Glossary of technical terms
  • ✅ Enhanced introduction
  • ✅ Reorganized navigation structure

Changes

New Documentation Pages

  • README.md: Complete project overview with badges, installation, quick start, dataset comparison table, and links
  • docs/getting_started.md: Detailed setup guide with prerequisites, authentication, troubleshooting, and performance tips
  • docs/api_reference.md: Complete API documentation for FRS_2022_23, ExtendedFRS_2022_23, EnhancedFRS_2022_23, ReweightedFRS_2022_23, utility functions, and imputation modules
  • docs/examples.md: Practical examples including policy reform analysis, distributional analysis, regional analysis, and custom calculations
  • docs/data_sources.md: Comprehensive information on FRS, WAS, LCFS, SPI, ETB with access instructions and data pipeline diagram
  • docs/glossary.md: Definitions of surveys, datasets, statistical terms, entities, income concepts, and abbreviations

Enhanced Existing Pages

  • docs/intro.md: Rewritten with clearer problem statement, solution overview, target audience sections, and quick links table
  • docs/myst.yml: Reorganized TOC into logical sections (User Guide, Technical Details, Validation)

Improved Structure

New navigation organizes content by user need:

  1. Getting Started → Quick setup and first steps
  2. Examples → Practical code patterns
  3. User Guide → API, data sources, glossary
  4. Technical Details → Methodology notebooks
  5. Validation → Accuracy metrics

Benefits

For New Users:

  • Clear installation instructions with troubleshooting
  • Quick start examples to get productive immediately
  • Glossary explains unfamiliar terms
  • Examples show common use cases

For Experienced Users:

  • Complete API reference for all functions
  • Data sources documentation for custom builds
  • Maintained access to technical methodology

For Contributors:

  • Better project overview in README
  • Clear code examples to reference
  • Comprehensive glossary for consistent terminology

Test plan

  • Documentation builds successfully with myst build --html
  • All new pages render correctly
  • Internal links work properly
  • TOC navigation functions as expected
  • CI passes all checks
  • Deployed site is accessible

Screenshots

The documentation now has a clear three-part structure visible in the navigation:

  1. Getting Started + Examples (top level)
  2. User Guide (API, Data Sources, Glossary)
  3. Technical Details (Methodology notebooks)
  4. Validation (Accuracy comparisons)

Notes

This implements Phase 1 of the documentation improvement plan. Future enhancements could include:

  • Contributing guide
  • Troubleshooting page with common errors
  • Architecture documentation
  • Comparison with other UK microsimulation models

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MaxGhenis and others added 2 commits September 30, 2025 15:15
- Complete README.md with installation, quick start, and project overview
- Add Getting Started guide with prerequisites and authentication
- Add API Reference documenting all datasets, functions, and utilities
- Add Examples page with practical code snippets for common tasks
- Add Data Sources documentation explaining FRS, WAS, LCFS, SPI, ETB
- Add Glossary defining technical terms and abbreviations
- Enhance intro.md with clearer problem statement and audience
- Reorganize TOC into User Guide, Technical Details, and Validation sections

These improvements make the documentation more accessible to new users
while maintaining the detailed technical content for advanced users.

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- Rename files to use hyphens for cleaner URLs:
  * getting_started.md → getting-started.md
  * api_reference.md → api-reference.md
  * data_sources.md → data-sources.md
- Add Mermaid diagram showing data processing pipeline
- Add citations for survey sample sizes with links to UK Data Service
- Update all internal links to use hyphenated filenames
- Update README.md links to match new structure

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Quite a lot of hallucinations here (e.g. Constituency dataset)... closing as better to start from scratch.

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