[@OKau] "High value" datasets

Wed Apr 15 00:39:48 UTC 2015

Oh! I'd forgotten about that. I'd even made comments that were answered,
but I never saw the answers. Have changed disqus settings accordingly.

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On 15 April 2015 at 07:10, Steven De Costa <
steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au> wrote:

> Vic data already has the disqus comment block on datasets. It also has a
> suggest dataset form. I think Lachlan was just suggesting to use these
> features...
>
> The standard and extended google stats are also on that site. One thing
> that skews stats is that some datasets can be important but only need to
> downloaded once or twice by a developer. This might include GIS shape files
> that aren't expected to be updated often. Or budget info published annually.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
> On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Paul Walsh <paulywalsh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Lachlan,
>>
>> The issues extension may be a good candidate for that:
>> https://github.com/okfn/ckanext-issues
>>
>>
>> On 14 Apr 2015, at 15:39, Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I would love to see some sort of commenting on our local CKAN install at
>> data.vic.gov.au, so we could work through data sets methodically and
>> give feedback on quality. It should be a conversation rather than a
>> firehose, and the CKAN install is the best place for that to happen. IMHO
>>
>> L.
>> On Apr 14, 2015 20:28, "Rebecca Cameron" <rcameron.bis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Cassie
>>>
>>>
>>> There are two ways this issue was dealt with when I worked for Qld Gov,
>>> both primarily related to the use of the data. In theory some datasets
>>> could by academic defition be high value but if no one even opens the
>>> dataset it has little value. Therefore value was measured in terms of use.
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. CKAN allows for departments to measure page hits and down loads.
>>> Initially this process was performed manually so we could gauge which
>>> datasets added value and which datasets needed maturing or more frequent
>>> updating. From experience these measures are best-read 3 months after
>>> initial publication as the initial hits are usually because the data is
>>> newly published. I would hope in the last 6 months the capabilities of CKAN
>>> to provide this information has matured and most open data platforms should
>>> be able to provide this data. Qld Gov also publish on open data page-views
>>> by month see
>>> https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/visitor-statistics-data-qld-gov-au
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. The reverse way of reading the questions is which datasets should be
>>> published first by departments because of their high public value. In
>>> setting the list of priority publications for a Qld Gov department a brief
>>> investigation was undertaken of page hits and downloads of data and
>>> information published on the departments website coupled together with
>>> records of requests for information both under FOI and researcher requests.
>>> This allowed for the most "valuable" datasets to be published. Bear in mind
>>> that the data being published related to the social services and had a
>>> particular researcher interest.
>>>
>>>
>>> In respect of the 5-star deployment scheme for Open Data all of the
>>> departments data was assessed against this schema and amended to meet the
>>> star rating. There is an OD form which accompanies this rating, but Qld Gov
>>> weren't ready to complete these.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Rebecca
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Cassie Findlay <
>>> findlay.cassie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone come across good criteria or defined methods for identifying
>>>> 'high value' datasets? If, for example, you are looking at a whole of
>>>> government jurisdiction. I found some in this EU report
>>>> <http://ec.europa.eu/isa/documents/publications/report-on-high-value-datasets-from-eu-institutions_en.pdf>
>>>> but would like to gather some more.
>>>>
>>>> I realise that value is a highly subjective thing to assert (valuable
>>>> for whom, why?) and really like Rosie's work on defining the problems
>>>> first, in order to then work out where you might find datasets of value,
>>>> but all that aside :) - are there examples out there of work to define high
>>>> value stuff?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> Cassie Findlay
>>>>
>>>>
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