Mine of Information or Minefield?

Making OECD Data Accessible

Toby GreenHead of Publishing, OECDhttp://www.oecd-ilibrary.org

ICSTI One-Day Workshop: Delivering Data in Science, Paris. March 5th 2012

Mine? Minefield?

Datasets

or

“Stop showing off! We get it.”

Specialist audiences

“I have a fear of heights and long division.”

Ordinary mortals

MAKING DATA UNDERSTANDABLE IS AS IMPORTANT AS MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE

Challenge # 1Which flavour of GDP do you need?

Challenge # 2What do these codes mean?

Challenge # 3Now I have to choose countries? How can I compare different national currencies?And what does “current prices” mean?

“Mmm ... Please can I have some

more, sir?”

“But what about me?”

“and me”

How about this?• Ready-made by an expert• Ready-to-download in PDF or Excel• Stable and linkable (via DOI)

Mine? Minefield?

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