Definitions
Use case community
A ‘use case community’ is a new, or existing, group of people or organisations, collaborating to explore the potential of OA within a specific thematic area or sector. Communities will vary in size, ranging from small groups, or even individual organisations, focused on a very local or specific need, to large groups encompassing multiple organisations. Communities may form around a pre-defined use case, or they may form around a broader area of interest and collaborate to define specific use cases within that area.
Use case
A 'use case' is a real-world scenario in which OA’s data infrastructure could be used, for example, to:
Improve access to sport and physical activity.
Improve people’s health and wellbeing.
Reduce health inequalities.
Embed digital and data to support wider initiatives.
As with use case communities, use cases will vary in size and complexity. This framework aims to provide a consistent approach to developing use cases that test and improve the OA specifications.
Framework
A ‘framework’ is a structure of principles, rules and systems intended to support the development of an idea or project (in this context use cases) in a consistent and repeatable way. Use case communities may only need to use some parts of the framework to deliver their use case(s). All use case communities are asked to use our MEL tools.
OA governance
OA governance refers to the three branches of governance:
These groups consist of members of the OA community, and also include the stewards for OA (currently the ODI).
OA community
The open OA community is made up of organisations from across the sport and physical activity sector, and beyond, which contribute to the initiative through publishing data, using data or growing OA through advocacy and partnership working.
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