Badge Levels
Overview
Each badge identifies a level of achievement in open data publication.
Badge Descriptions
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Bronze: The dataset meets the Bronze requirements for open data publication
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Silver: The dataset demonstrates good practice in open data publication
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Gold: The dataset meets established standards for open data publication
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Platinum: The dataset represents best practice in open data publication
Requirements Table
| Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal | ||||
| Openly licensed & legally reusable (= 'open') | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clear rights statement, detailing any copyrights | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Privacy issues addressed | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Machine readable rights statement | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Practical | ||||
| Accessible on the web | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discoverable (linked to from other web pages) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Data is timestamped or up to date | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Data will be available for at least a year | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Guaranteed timeliness (data always up to date) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Regular backups of data | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Quality issues documented | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Technical | ||||
| Data uses a machine readable format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Data published in content appropriate formats | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Data uses open standard machine readable formats | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Single consistent URL for downloading data | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Machine readable provenance documentation | ✓ | |||
| URLs used as identifiers within data | ✓ | |||
| Social | ||||
| Data is documented | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Contact details for people to provide feedback and ask questions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Machine readable metadata (documentation) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Social media accounts used to promote data | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Forum or mailing list for users | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Dedicated comms team building user community | ✓ | |||