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Friday Seminar on Emerging Issues
The Data Revolution in ActionVision of a federated system of SDG data hubs and innovation platformsMARCH 2, 2018
HAISHAN FU, DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT DATA GROUPWORLD BANK
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Make Data Convenient
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The WDI Experience
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Data are often far from Convenient
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Can only download one country or indicator at a time
5‐step query tool
Make Data Convenient:
Making Data Open
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Open data doesn’t have to be complex
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Not only query tools –linkable pages with data that can all be found by GoogleBulk downloads of CSV/XLS files + APIsStandard licenses e.g. Creative Commons Attribution.
Make Data Convenient:Making Data (Technically) Interoperable
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Rainfall (mm)1 10 25 50 75 100 150
Technical InteroperabilityData formats (downloadable, machine‐readable)
Geo‐referencing
Open source tools
Make Data Convenient:Making Data (Conceptually) Interoperable
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Conceptual Interoperability Extensible, open‐ended, modifiable standards
Good metadata
Future‐proofing our data ecosystem
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil” – Donald Knuth
Make Data Credible
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Make Data Credible:Relevance, Transparency, Reproducibility
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Make Data Credible:Agile, Extensible Standards
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“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good!”
Learning Together
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