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?
