Comparison of metadata quality in open data portals using the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Government Information QuarterlyPublished 23 December 2017Open access
Sylvain Kubler, Jérérmy Robert, Sebastian Neumaier, Jürgen Umbrich, Yves Le Traon
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An Open Data Portal Quality (ODPQ) framework that enables end-users to easily and in real-time assess/rank open data portals and reveals that today's organizations do not pay sufficient heed to the management of datasets, resources and associated metadata that they are currently publishing on their portal.
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