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Describing data services

Who?

Legal representative of the institution or an individual authorized in the ADEL environment.

What?

The data services offered by your ADEL subsystems must be described in the ADEL environment.

Describing a data service means:

  • Adding a semantically understandable name and description of the data service.

  • If necessary, adding various document files (such as user manual or terms of use).

Contacts added to the subsystem are displayed as data service contacts.

Why?

We can automatically collect and centrally display technical information about data services. However, this is not information intended for human reading and does not provide a simple overview of why this data service is used or what data it outputs.

As a result, it is difficult for ADEL members and other users to derive or search for which specific data services they need to use to achieve goal X. To create semantic clarity, it is necessary for data service owners to describe the data services they offer. This will make it easier for interested parties and users to understand which data service to use for which purpose. This can in turn prevent frequently asked questions to data service providers.