User-centric data publishing (Alpha)
  • User-centric data publishing
    • Introduction
    • Who is this toolkit for?
    • How to use this toolkit
    • Dictionary of data terms
  • Contents
  • Section 1. Building the foundation for open data
    • A basic introduction to open data
    • Understanding our rights to access data
    • Open data maturity
      • Resources: Open data maturity
    • Ethics and transparency
  • Section 2. Planning for impactful open data initiatives
    • An introduction to the Data Landscape Playbook
    • Play one: Explore the problem and how data can address it
    • Play two: Map the data ecosystem
    • Play three: Assess the policy, regulatory and ethical context
    • Play four: Assess the existing data infrastructure
    • Play five: Plan for impact when designing your data initiative
  • Section 3. A user-centric approach to publishing
    • Understanding the user journey
      • The use case
      • Understanding different user needs
      • Targeting intended audiences
    • Engaging effectively with data users
      • Two-way communication and feedback
      • From data to story
    • Building communities around open data use
      • Characteristics of an open data user community
        • Purpose
        • Community enabler(s)
        • Collaborative method
        • Other observations
      • The current landscape of open data user communities
      • Engagement with data communities
    • Resources: User-centric publishing
  • Section 4: Publishing guidance for new data publishers
    • Open data licensing
    • The FAIR principles of data access
      • FAIR data assessment tools
    • Data quality and metadata
      • Tools and frameworks to help you assess open data quality
    • Publishing data on the web
  • Thank you
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  1. Section 2. Planning for impactful open data initiatives

Play two: Map the data ecosystem

Data access initiatives commonly require engagement with multiple stakeholders as they address complex challenges through collecting, sharing/publishing or using data

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This need to collaborate, involve and sometimes influence stakeholders to improve access to data can be made easier by understanding your initiative’s data ecosystem. A can support you devising your initiative’s roadmap to building data infrastructure by showing how the data and value flows, identifying key stakeholders, and highlighting gaps.

Activities in this step include:

By the end of this section you should be able to:

  • Understand the key stakeholders to engage

  • Have a clear understanding of the data ecosystem

  • Define an action plan to tackle your problem statement

data ecosystem map
Engaging with key stakeholders
Mapping data flows and value exchanges in the ecosystem
Identifying gaps, barriers and opportunities in the data ecosystem that your initiative can address
Data Ecosystem Mapping - Open Data Institute