CIS 2250 Lecture 15: 15 Types of Data

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 2250
• Professor: Deborah Stacey

Document Summary

How can you collect data: raw data collect it at the source, open data data that is made available for use without charge. Purpose for data usage may be restricted: proprietary data data is (cid:862)o(cid:449)(cid:374)ed(cid:863) a(cid:374)d you (cid:373)ust pay to use it. *possible exam question* what is the definition of open data? . Reuse and redistribution: the data must be provided under terms that permit reuse and redistribution including the intermixing with other datasets. Universal participation: everyone must be able to use, reuse, and redistribute there should be no discrimination against fields of endeavour or against persons or groups. For example, (cid:858)(cid:374)o(cid:374)-(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)ial(cid:859) restri(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s that (cid:449)ould pre(cid:448)e(cid:374)t (cid:858)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)ial(cid:859) use, or restri(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s of use for certain purposes (e. g. only in education), are not allowed. Cultural data about cultural works and artifacts (libraries, museums, galleries) Statistics census and other data gathered by statistical offices. Weather information about weather and climate. Transport timetables, routes, on-time stats, accident stats.