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…by assessing its impact on data collection and management

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Aggregate indicator title

Data

Description

Raw data and value-added data products created and distributed for use by others 

Domain

Science & Technology

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative & Qualitative

Primary/Secondary data

Secondary data

Source of data

(Publicly available) project documentations 

Time series

No

Unit of measurement (observation)

Absolute values & nominal 

Unit of analysis

Project

Analytical level (logic model)

Output

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A

Data collection method(s)

Review of project of documentation and publications; analysis of project tools 

Data collection item(s)

Not indicated, but can be derived from the following definitions:

  • Existence of technologies for automated data exchange between computers
  • Number of curated exports of data and related documentation, usually as a downloadable file
  • Existence of documentation describing data structure, formats, and contents
  • Existence of visual representations of data, such as graphs, maps, and animations
  • Number of material data points in the form of physical specimens or samples
  • Number of individuals or technical systems requesting data, or volume of transferred data
Indicator building
  • APIs (Y/N)
  • Data packages (#)
  • Metadata (Y/N)
  • Visualizations (Y/N)
  • Specimens/samples (#)
  • Requests (# requests, transfer volume)
Availability of data

Medium-high

Feasibility

Minimal resources required 

Comments/caveats
Source of indicator definition

Wiggins et al. (2018)