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Mr C. A. Gurney
Via email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
30 August 2017
Dear Mr Gurney
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – RFI20171161
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act (‘the Act’) of 2 August
2017 seeking the following information:
Please supply the following:
1. A copy of the source code of the legacy Barley page framework (prior to Barlesque
implemented around 2008)
2. A copy of the former page
http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/guidelines/futuremedia/restricted/technical/barley_implemen.sht
ml which appears to now return a 404 Not Found error publicly
3. A copy of any other documentation held by yourselves relating to the aforementioned
framework
4. A copy of all documentation relating to the SSI tools provided by the BBC to the web
developers (as referenced here: http://intracat/ssi/)
5. A copy of the source code for those tools
Response
Under section 12 (Cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit) of the Act, we are not
obliged to comply with a request for information if, in our estimation, compliance would
exceed “the appropriate limit” - set under regulation 3(3) of Freedom of Information and
Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 (‘the Regulations’) as being
£450 (equivalent to two and a half days’ work, at an hourly rate of £25).
After careful consideration, we estimate that the cost of complying with your request will
exceed the “appropriate limit” because of the historical nature of request (points 1, 2 & 3)
and also the volume of documentation to collate (point 4).
The BBC has been using and contributing to open source projects for as long the BBC has
been online. You can find more information at the following site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/opensource/
Appeal Rights
If you are not satisfied that we have complied with the Act in responding to your request,
you have the right to an internal review by a BBC senior manager or legal adviser. Please
contact us at the address above, explaining what you would like us to review and including
your reference number. If you are not satisfied with the internal review, you can appeal to
the Information Commissioner. The contact details are: Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate)
or 01625 545 745 (national rate) or visit their website a
t https://ico.org.uk/
Yours sincerely
Information Rights
BBC Legal