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Data-Dictionary-IPCC@1.0.2.xlsx

Data Catalogue

Summary metadata must be completed by Data Custodians onboarding metadata.

Summary

Documentation can include a rich text description of the dataset or links to media such as documents, images, presentations, videos or links to data dictionaries, profiles or dashboards.

Documentation

This information includes attributes for geographical and temporal coverage, cohort details etc. to enable a deeper understanding of the dataset content so that researchers can make decisions about the relevance of the underlying data.

Coverage

Provenance information allows researchers to understand data within the context of its origins and can be an indicator of quality, authenticity and timeliness.

https://www.w3.org/2001/sw/wiki/PROV

Provenance

Accessibility information allows researchers to understand access, usage, limitations, formats, standards and linkage or interoperability with toolsets. This section includes information about how the data can be used and how it is currently being used.

Accessibility

This section includes information about related datasets that may have previously been linked, as well as indicating if there is the opportunity to link to other datasets in the future. If a dataset has been enriched and/or derivations, scores and existing tools are available this section allows providers to indicate this to researchers.

Enrichment & Linkage

We recommend that sites provide a data dictionary of structural metadata that includes the following information (please see the <a href="https://metadata.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IDSD/pages/1854474061/STRUCTURAL+METADATA" class="light" target="onboardingCompletionGuidance">Structural Metadata Completion Guidance</a> for full details including examples).

Structural Metadata

This section allows data custodians to indicate the status of the data (and define a data access URL if applicable) so that researchers understand how to access the data.