Fun with Formats
This Windows-owned format is great for data analysis, but not so great for data storage or sharing
XLSX, XLS, or Excel
By default, we release the data assets we fund under this open license
Creative Commons by Attribution or CC BY Attribution or CC BY
One of the Three Rs, we use open data licenses and formats so that others can do this with the data we fund
Reuse
Removing names and addresses from a dataset is an important step toward this privacy-protecting goal
Anonymization or de-identification
Determining if we'll collect a data asset starts at this phase of the grant process
Concept Note
Oxford or not, this file type is the best open format to store and share tabular or spreadsheet data
CSV or Comma-Separated Values file
When a file format is owned and controlled by a company it's _______
Proprietary
If you fund a training dataset to teach a computer to recognize a pattern, you're using data to fuel ______
Innovation
If two funders share a dataset describing where they're building mini grids, they're using data for ______
Coordination
In today's world, data has real value. That is why we call the data we fund a(n) ______
An asset or data asset
This open format sounds a lot like a famous movie killer, but it's not scary at all for data scientists
JSON or JavaScript Object Notation
If you need proprietary data to reach your initiative goals, you can request this from Data & Tech and Legal
A waiver
New data challenging a conventional norm can spark a ______
Conversation
If you know the who, what, when, where, and how the dataset was created, you've probably read the _______
Documentation
By the end of 2018, each RF initiative should collaborate with the Data & Tech team to draft this document
Data strategy
This popular geographic data format consists of multiple files stored together in one folder
Shapefile or SHP
For the openest of open data, use this license
CC Zero or Creative Commons Zero
Names, photos of faces, and DNA are all examples of this type of sensitive information
Personally Identifiable Information or PII
When you give credit to the original data collector you're practicing this important process
Attribution
This type of data is data about data (whoa)
Metadata
This common document format, though very human-readable, is a nightmare for data analysts
Don't want pesky profit seekers using your data to make money? Use this license
CC-BY-NC or Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
One way to protect individual privacy is to do this to the responses at the state or district level
Aggregate
If you have to verify your identity to access data, the data owner set up this type of system
Authentication
If you want to serve up read-time, dynamic data, you need to build this type of interface
An API or Application Programming Interface