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Developing Pandemic Data Standards to Improve Data Sharing

Exchanging data across health systems in Australia is challenging because of the lack of uniform data standards. Furthermore, health regions and institutions developed standards independently, especially for novel pathogens during the pandemic. This exacerbated the challenge. Therefore, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, suggested developing national pandemic data standards. […]

Having a Taxonomy Helps Digital Marketing Optimization Opportunities

A solid taxonomy that leverages tagging to keep track of various program elements is central to maximizing digital marketing optimization opportunities. A tagging system is vital to quickly and regularly optimize audience acquisition sources, calls-to-actions, content types, and campaign performance. Without this tagging, there will be lots of data but few insights. Moreover, a solid […]

Revised Open-Data Standards with an Eye on Longevity

The New York City Office of Technology’s open data team has revamped its open data guidance. The city’s new technical standards manual has been reorganized to focus on the open data lifecycle — from identification to long-term maintenance. The intent is to make it easier for the New York City (NYC) staff to create data […]

A Taxonomy for Meeting Sustainable Development Goals at the Local Level

For sub-national governments like municipalities, Social Development Goals (SDGs), though inspiring and actionable, are too complicated as they are for monitoring national-level data. This is challenging because SDG national indicators cannot be easily disaggregated at a local level. Hence, to inform decision-making Norway has developed a taxonomy of SDG indicators for local and national governments. […]

Why Use an Accessible Standard Website Template

Universities guarantee students equal access to educational content. This guarantee extends to students who use assistive technology to interact with digital information. Templatization can help institutions ensure that all students have equal access to the content they need to succeed and avoid common web accessibility errors. Accessible website design requires a specific set of web […]

Visual Trade Finance Taxonomy Launched

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) and Komgo SA have released a visual trade finance taxonomy. The taxonomy builds on the previous trade finance guide launched in conjunction with Trade Finance Global (TFG) in 2020. The taxonomy will complement initiatives like the Global Supply Chain Finance Forum’s (GSCFF) Standard Definitions for Supply Chain Finance. […]

Monitoring the Changes in the Demand and Supply for Skills

A new study finds that creating a skills taxonomy with data from job platforms provides important information about the current and future demand and supply of skills in the labor market. For this study, data from the Uruguayan jobs board BuscoJobs was used to create a skills taxonomy. The intent was to capture the skills […]

Public Consultation on the Information and Communications Technology Sector Taxonomy

Qatar’s Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) launched a public consultation on the Information and Communications Technology Sector Taxonomy document—”ICT Sector Classification.” CRA also invited views and comments from stakeholders and concerned parties on the document. According to the CRA, the document aims to establish a national classification framework for the ICT sector. The framework would support […]