Open AccessCanada’s Health Data Repositories: Challenges of Organization, Discoverability and Access
Author(s) -
Ali Shiri,
Gail M. Thornton
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual conference of cais
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-7589
DOI - 10.29173/cais1111
Subject(s) - discoverability , metadata , interoperability , open data , health data , world wide web , computer science , institutional repository , linked data , data science , health care , political science , semantic web , law
Evidence-based medicine relies on health data. Open health data initiatives need to be supported with data repositories that are optimized for searchability and discoverability. Five Canadian open health data repositories were evaluated for metadata-based searching, browsing, and navigational functionalities. In the different national, provincial and institutional open data repositories evaluated, the preliminary findings reveal the variability in these functionalities. This research will contribute to the development of guidelines and best practices for implementing metadata and searching and browsing functionalities for open health data repositories that will ultimately lead to a more interoperable open health data environment.