12 Things everyone needs to know about data

Simon Worthington
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Simon Worthington gives a ‘Paper we love’ style talk to the British Computer Society Open Source Specialists about a favourite scientific paper from the University of Southampton and the Open Data Institute.

Much open data publishing is focused on the act of getting data out of the door safely and correctly, and not many people focus on actually helping others to find and evaluate their datasets. This paper examines the way people search for open data and suggests a 12-point checklist for what potential users need to know that everyone can implement.

Also see our research report and paper that we did for the Open Data Institute:

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