Information findability on sites that promote open data

Abstract

The work is designed for sites that promote open data, seeking to reflect whether characteristics of information findability are being considered, providing users with alternatives to easily find data and information according to their needs. The aim of the study is to identify the status of attributes of information findability and its similarities in assessments of three sites created to promote the availability of open data: Open Government Partnership (OGP), Global Open Data for Agriculture & Nutrition (GODAN), and International Open Data Conference (IODC). The comparative analysis is performed with the checklist for the Evaluation of Hybrid Informational Environments, proceeding with a horizontal relationship for each of the attributes. For the three sites, the variables of the attributes generally behaved in a homogeneous way, however, there is a high variability in the values ”‹”‹obtained when applying the instrument, pointing out that the unsatisfied variables added to the partially satisfied ones, total a value significantly greater than the satisfied variables, being that only the Navigational Taxonomies, Ubiquity, Consistency and Correlation attributes had a predominance of variables with satisfied evaluations. In the analyzed websites, it is feasible to evaluate attributes of information findability such as those of the instrument, and, in the context of open data promotion strategies, the little relevance given to mediation of information is emphasized, both from institutional informational subjects and from subjects informational target of the analyzed initiatives. The need to continue evaluations of this nature is emphasized, with special attention to attributes such as Terminological Control Instruments and procedures to identify the existence of Controlled Vocabularies, Thesaurus and other Ontological Elements.