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Reusability of data
As a user of the third party data, you will need to check the practical reusability of the data.
You should:
- Ensure third party data is using standards compatible with your needs, including how data is collected, units of collection and data representation and exchange
- Check coverage. Does the data actually relate to what you require, e.g. the geography?
- Check timeliness. Does it cover the right period, is it up to date?
- Check granularity. Does it include enough detail to be used in the ways intended?
Following these checks, you may need to instigate further processing to:
- Check the data for, and deal with, any errors
- Remove unneeded data
- Transform the format or structure of the data
- Apply techniques such as anonymisation to minimise harmful impacts
- Combine or enrich the data with other data sources
The FAIR data toolbox includes a case study on harmonising data from third party sources as well as a guide on anonymisation.