Data on the Web Best Practices

dwbp.md

• Metadata
  • Provide metadata
  • Provide descriptive metadata
  • Provide structural metadata
• Data Licenses
  • Provide data license information
• Data Provenance
  • Provide data provenance information
• Data Quality
  • Provide data quality information
• Data Versioning
  • Provide a version indicator
  • Provide version history
• Data Identifiers
  • Use persistent URIs as identifiers of datasets
  • Use persistent URIs as identifiers within datasets
  • Assign URIs to dataset versions and series
• Data Formats
  • Use machine-readable standardized data formats
  • Use locale-neutral data representations
  • Provide data in multiple formats
• Data Vocabularies
  • Reuse vocabularies, preferably standardized ones
  • Choose the right formalization level
• Data Access
  • Provide bulk download
  • Provide Subsets for Large Datasets
  • Use content negotiation for serving data available in multiple formats
  • Provide real-time access
  • Provide data up to date
  • Provide an explanation for data that is not available
  • Make data available through an API
  • Use Web Standards as the foundation of APIs
  • Provide complete documentation for your API
  • Avoid Breaking Changes to Your API
• Data Preservation
  • Preserve identifiers
  • Assess dataset coverage
• Feedback
  • Gather feedback from data consumers
  • Make feedback available
• Data Enrichment
  • Enrich data by generating new data
  • Provide Complementary Presentations
• Republication
  • Provide Feedback to the Original Publisher
  • Follow Licensing Terms
  • Cite the Original Publication

https://www.w3.org/TR/dwbp/