{"id":1271,"date":"2025-03-14T22:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/Library\/?page_id=1271"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:03:52","slug":"open-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wua.ac.zw\/wua.library\/open-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1271\" class=\"elementor elementor-1271\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0876c5 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0876c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"wpr-advanced-text-preffix\">Open Data Resources<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"wpr-anim-text wpr-anim-text-type-slide\" data-anim-duration=\"4000,6000\" data-anim-loop=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wpr-anim-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d11a65 e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d11a65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54fc440 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no 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The goal of Open Data is to promote transparency, collaboration, and innovation by making information easily accessible to the public and allowing for its reuse in various ways.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <h3 class=\"oa-section-title\">Why Open Data Matters for Researchers<\/h3>\r\n\r\n  <ul class=\"oa-features-grid\">\r\n    <li class=\"oa-feature-card\">\r\n      <span class=\"oa-feature-title\">Increased Accessibility-<\/span>\r\n      <p class=\"oa-feature-desc\">Meaning researchers and scholars access to a vast array of free datasets, enabling them to conduct thorough analyses without the barriers of subscription fees or paywalls.<\/p>\r\n    <\/li>\r\n    <li class=\"oa-feature-card\">\r\n      <span class=\"oa-feature-title\">Reproducibility &amp; Transparency<\/span>\r\n      <p class=\"oa-feature-desc\">By sharing data openly, researchers can provide a clear and detailed account of their methods and findings, allowing others to validate and replicate their work.<\/p>\r\n    <\/li>\r\n    <li class=\"oa-feature-card\">\r\n      <span class=\"oa-feature-title\">Collaboration &amp; Innovation<\/span>\r\n      <p class=\"oa-feature-desc\">Open Data enables researchers to work together easily, combine datasets, and uncover new connections, promoting interdisciplinary research and scholar innovation.<\/p>\r\n    <\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd1b18 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bd1b18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2aca17 eael-dual-header-content-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-dual-color-header\" data-id=\"d2aca17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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<\/li>\n                                <\/ul>\n\n            <div class=\"tab-content elementkit-tab-content\">\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-e7fb3c4  active show\" id=\"content-e7fb3c46aee015d1b9ca\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-e7fb3c46aee015d1b9ca-tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <p>\u00a0<\/p><table style=\"height: 68px;\" width=\"237\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"10\"><strong>C<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"473\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"113\">CERN Open Data Portal<\/td><td width=\"473\"><p>Access point to a growing range of data produced through the research performed at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). It disseminates the preserved output from various research activities and includes accompanying software and documentation needed to understand and analyse the data<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/opendata.cern.ch\/\">https:\/\/opendata.cern.ch\/<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-9bf9761 \" id=\"content-9bf97616aee015d1b9ca\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-9bf97616aee015d1b9ca-tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <table width=\"237\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"10\"><strong>D<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"473\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"113\"><p>Data.Gov<\/p><\/td><td width=\"473\"><p>Designed to unleash the power of government open data to\u00a0inform decisions by the public and policymakers,\u00a0drive innovation and economic activity,\u00a0achieve agency missions, and\u00a0strengthen the foundation of an open and transparent government<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/data.gov\/\">https:\/\/data.gov\/<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"113\"><p>DataHub Open Data<\/p><\/td><td width=\"473\"><p>Modern data catalog designed to streamline metadata management, data discovery, and data governance enabling users to efficiently explore and understand their data, track data lineage, profile datasets, and establish data contracts and is built for developers to tame the complexity of their rapidly evolving data ecosystems and for data practitioners to leverage the total value of data within their organization<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/datahubproject.io\/\">https:\/\/datahubproject.io\/<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-137e2b9 \" id=\"content-137e2b96aee015d1b9ca\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-137e2b96aee015d1b9ca-tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <table width=\"237\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"10\"><strong>F<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"473\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"113\"><p>Figshare<\/p><\/td><td width=\"473\"><p>Provider of open research repository infrastructure to help organisations and researchers share, showcase and manage their research outputs in a discoverable, citable, reportable and transparent way<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/figshare.com\">https:\/\/figshare.com<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-f7b7a06 \" id=\"content-f7b7a066aee015d1b9ca\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-f7b7a066aee015d1b9ca-tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <table width=\"237\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"10\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"473\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"113\"><p>Google Dataset Search<\/p><\/td><td width=\"473\"><p>This is a search engine for datasets and by using a simple keyword search, users can discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the web <a href=\"https:\/\/datasetsearch.research.google.com\/\">https:\/\/datasetsearch.research.google.com\/<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-9e5f89c \" id=\"content-9e5f89c6aee015d1b9ca\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-9e5f89c6aee015d1b9ca-tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <table width=\"237\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"10\"><strong>K<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"473\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"113\"><p>Kaggle<\/p><\/td><td width=\"473\"><p>Enables machine learners to share, stress test, and stay up-to-date on all the latest machine learning techniques and technologies while discovering a huge repository of community-published models, data &amp; code for your next project<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaggle.com\/\">https:\/\/www.kaggle.com\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/datasetsearch.research.google.com\/\"><u>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/u><\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-4753427 \" id=\"content-47534276aee015d1b9ca\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-47534276aee015d1b9ca-tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <table width=\"237\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"10\"><strong>M<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"473\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"113\"><p>Mendeley Data Repository<\/p><\/td><td width=\"473\"><p>Free and secure cloud-based communal repository where one can store data, ensuring it is easy to share, access and cite from anywhere<\/p><p><u><\/u><u><a href=\"https:\/\/data.mendeley.com\/\">https:\/\/data.mendeley.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-ae2dedf \" id=\"content-ae2dedf6aee015d1b9ca\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-ae2dedf6aee015d1b9ca-tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <table width=\"237\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"10\"><strong>R<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"473\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"113\"><p>re3data<\/p><\/td><td width=\"473\"><p>Comprehensive registry of research data repositories that is global\u00a0and covers all research disciplines and one can discover and deposit datasets that support research such as experimental and simulation data; 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