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|**Category**|**What we look at?**|**Why we look at it?**|**Characteristics**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Locations|A database of postcodes/zipcodes and<br>the corresponding spatial locations<br>regarding latitude and longitude (or<br>similar coordinates in an openly<br>published coordinate system). The data<br>has to be available for the entire<br>country. The Index drew on work of<br>theUniversal Postal Union to develop<br>this category.|Open location data shows<br>the addresses of public and<br>private buildings. While<br>mainly used to route postal<br>services, this data has many<br>use cases: to calculate the<br>number of persons in a city<br>district, to provide homes<br>with services, or for direct<br>mailing and marketing.|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>•<br>Zipcodes Addresses (required, if<br>zip code does not include the<br>address)<br>•<br>Coordinates (latitude, longitude)<br>•<br>Data available for entire country -<br>Note: To qualify, data must<br>contain geographic projections<br>that enable to interpret<br>coordinates|
|National<br>statistics|Key national statistics on demographic<br>and economic indicators such as Gross<br>Domestic Product (GDP), or<br>unemployment and population<br>statistics. These statistics can be<br>published as aggregates for the entire<br>country.|As Open Data Watch states<br>"Official statistics provide an<br>indispensable element in the<br>information system of a<br>democratic society, serving<br>the Government, the<br>economy and the public with<br>data about the economic,<br>demographic, social and<br>environmental situation."|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>•<br>Country Population (Required:<br>census data, updated every year,<br>Optional: vital statistics of birth<br>and death)<br>•<br>Gross Domestic Product<br>(measured in current or constant<br>prices, updated quarterly, last<br>update must not be more than 3<br>months ago)<br>•<br>National unemployment (absolute<br>numbers, or expressed as<br>percentage of entire population,<br>updated quarterly, last update<br>must not be more than 3 months<br>ago)|
|Draft<br>legislation|Data about the bills discussed within<br>national parliament as well as votes on<br>bills (not to be confused with passed<br>national law). Data on bills must be<br>available for the current legislation<br>period. This data category draws on<br>work by the National Democratic<br>Institute (NDI) and theDeclaration of<br>Parliamentary Openness.|Open data on the law-making<br>process is crucial for<br>parliamentary transparency:<br>What does a bill text say and<br>how does it change over<br>time? Who introduces a bill?<br>Who votes for and against it?<br>Where is a bill discussed next<br>so that the public can<br>participate in debates?|Following data is required. It must be online<br>for the data to qualify for assessment:<br>•<br>Content of bill<br>•<br>Author of bill<br>•<br>Status of bill<br>•<br>Available for current legislation<br>period<br>Following data is assessed optionally (only if<br>available):<br>•<br>Votes on bill per member of<br>parliament<br>•<br>Transcripts of debates on bill<br>•<br>Note on optional data: This category is<br>newly added in 2016. Not all data needs to<br>be available online to qualify. The Index<br>team used minimum requirements to<br>explores how much data is currently<br>available online. In future editions, the<br>categorymayrequire more data elements.|

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