You are cordially invited to participate in a research study on the operational use of open data.
GOALS OF THE SURVEY:
This study will help establish a framework for the operational use of open data, crowd-source examples, and highlight innovative use cases.
This survey and project is being conducted by the World Bank Open Finances team (
https://finances.worldbank.org) and the Inter-American Development Bank.
Ultimately, we hope the findings from the survey and pilots will increase understanding for both publishers and users and inform activities that will result in more relevant, accessible, widely-used, and impactful data.
Read more about the study here:
https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/open-data-making-good-promise-turbo-boosted-development-operational-use-open-dataSee the current dataset of use cases and solutions here:
https://finances.worldbank.org/Reference/Open-Data-Use-Cases-Solutions-Survey-Responses/hibh-z4axKEY DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this survey, "open data" is defined as data that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed by anyone.
"Operational use" is defined as elements and activities that advance development objectives as defined by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview.html).
SHARING RESULTS:
All information collected by this survey (excluding your e-mail and name & recommendations for additional contacts) will be made available through a regularly refreshed interactive dataset and blog updates. Analysis and findings will be shared in a research paper. The resulting data points, analysis, and write-up from this study will be shared under an open license. Free text responses will also be shared, so please self-edit as necessary and exclude personally identifying information.
EXPECTED TIME TO COMPLETE SURVEY:
Estimated to be 3 minutes.
CROWD-PUSHING THE SURVEY:
We would appreciate your help in forwarding this survey to relevant individuals, organizations, and communities. Please feel free to share the survey link (
http://bit.ly/OpenDataOps) through blogs, tweets (#OpenDataUse), and embeds so that as many interested people have the opportunity to respond. The survey will be open until June 30, 2014. Thank you!
CONTACT:
If you have questions or feedback on the project or procedures, please contact the primary researchers Samuel Lee (
slee23@worldbank.org), Sandra Moscoso (
smoscoso@worldbank.org), and Antonio Moneo-Lain (
amoneo@iadb.org).
CONFIDENTIALITY & VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION
Participation in this study is voluntary. Responses will not be attributed to individuals in the analysis of the survey. However, respondents who indicate willingness to provide more in-depth feedback may be contacted for a brief follow-up interview.