DataRescue

[wkearn]

We've discussed in various places doing a DataRescue event of some kind. The Portland Study Group just did one which seemed successful (https://github.com/daniellecrobinson/Data-Rescue-PDX). Maybe @daniellecrobinson can chime in with more.

I'd like to know how long one of these things takes. The PDX one seems to have been four-ish hours. The upcoming MIT one is an entire Saturday. Can we do a mini-DataRescue on one of our usual hour-and-a-half sessions on Wednesdays or do we really need a long time?

[daniellecrobinson]

Hi @wkearn - We used the Mozilla Office in downtown PDX and the event ran 5-9. We had people stay the entire time and I am planning to do a longer event on Open Data Day 3/4/17

[daniellecrobinson]

A lot of the work is detective work, figuring out which datasets need metadata / which already have metadata that is not linked or incorrectly linked / etc.

During our event, it took about an hour for people to get the workflow. It's hard to figure out the level of granularity for some datasets - much of the first hour was people asking us "what should I do here" and the organizers saying "hmmmm, not sure, see if you can find a standard, or make a judgement call". So, I'd say that if you have 1.5 hours, it's definitely enough time to get started but I'd recommend a follow up event to allow people to really get into it.

[daniellecrobinson]

The next time I do this (at Open Data Day) I'll do a workshop on Friday 3/3/17 to go through the workflow, and then lead a team all day Saturday 3/4/17 (people coming and going as they wish).