Publishing Data with Purpose: Meeting User Demand

Format: Presentation + Q&A
Data technicality rating: Level 1🟢 Introductory – Discover

About the event

Data publishing often relies on the assumption that visibility automatically leads to utility. This session introduces the User-centric Open Data Publishing Toolkit, a framework built on research from King’s College London and the expertise of the Open Data Institute (ODI). The session examines the core stages of the data publishing lifecycle: Selection, Preparation, Publication, and Evaluation.

The discussion is tailored for those managing public data registries, citizen science frameworks, or organisational data strategies. It covers practical methods to move beyond compliance-driven publishing, incorporating modern FAIR principles, generative AI metadata enrichment, and data portal optimisation for machine learning applications. Attendees will gain insights into establishing sustainable ecosystems for data users.

Who should attend? - Open data delivers public value only when it is accessible, discoverable, and aligned with practical needs. This session provides an objective framework to transition from basic compliance to high-impact data provision. Attendees will receive practical guidance, maturity evaluation tactics, and insights into how generative AI is shifting dataset discovery.

Please note this event will not be recorded.

Questions & Accessibility needs - Please reach out to Smerah Akbar (Smerah.Akbar@gov.scot)