How will Custodianship benefit my organisation and others?
Custodianship opens up access to new and valuable data for improved decision making. Landmark Magazine outlined the benefits in a recent article "Data sharing can be a Win-Win for everyone"
- Protect Data assets with a formal framework and processes.
- Eliminate duplication of time, effort or money in unnecessary data maintenance.
- Improved Business Intelligence by tapping into additional datasets from other organisations.
- Better feedback and communication with your dataset users.
- Control of sensitive information through special data licence agreements.
- Limiting risk with clear documentation and online access management.
- Streamlined processes for licensing, documentation and distribution.
- Standardisation of agreements for reducedadministration
- Improved User Awareness through online Search and Discovery.
- Smooth distribution with online agreements and dataset download or third party distributors.
- Long term sharing of datasets delivers value, and gives consistency and continuity of supply.
- Support in guiding you through the process, plus custodial forums and e-news.
A series of Fact Sheets and FAQs have been developed to explain the issues surrounding Custodianship.
The Custodianship Team, within Spatial Information Infrastructure Group (SII) guides you through the process of becoming a custodian, providing templates, tools and advice. SII provides ongoing support and forums where Custodial Officers meet to share ideas and solve problems.
Page last updated: 2010-06-18 22:18:07