Analytics (healthdcatap:analytics)

HealthDCAT-AP introduces a new property modelled as Distribution to link to visualisations, analytics services (e.g., dashboards), technical reports (e.g., dataset metrics), quality and usability indicators, querying services (e.g., Beacon API), and more.

 
 
This property allows access to or requests for associated resources, which facilitate data discoverability and understanding without directly accessing the underlying data. This approach is beneficial for protecting sensitive information and managing data that is too large or complex for direct access.

Data holders can include HTTP URIs to publicly available dashboards, summary reports, or links to APIs that allow users to query high-level statistics on the dataset. This not only improves transparency but also facilitates decision-making without requiring access to the raw data.

Property

Analytics

URI

healthdcatap:analytics

Range

dct:Distribution

Definition

An analytics distribution of the dataset.

Usage note

Publishers are encouraged to provide URLs pointing to API endpoints or document repositories where users can access or request associated resources such as technical reports of the dataset, quality measurements, usability indicators,... or analytics services.
HealthDCAT-AP Analytics Distribution - three examples of Dashboard:
Example 1: The Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases published by ECDC is a healthdcatap:analytics Distribution of the sensitive data that the EU agency is collecting from the EU Member States.
Example 2: the Austrian National Cancer Registry dashboard provides information on the different types of cancer, focusing on the organ and tissue type affected by cancer. The basis is the Austrian National Cancer Registry maintained by Statistics Austria, in which cases diagnosed or treated in hospitals are registered.
Example 3: the Spanish Ministry of Health publishes a statistical portal allowing interactive consultation of the National Health System.
Lastly, the EHDS Regulation mandates that Health Data Access Bodies (HDABs) provide responses to health data requests in anonymized statistical formats where this is sufficient. Depending on the capabilities of the analytical systems implemented by data publishers, the HealthDCAT-AP analytics Distribution can help address this requirement through a data service.
EHDS Regulation Recital 72)
... Therefore, non-personal electronic health data should be made available in all cases where the provision of such data is sufficient.
... Moreover, a health data applicant should be able to request a response to a health data request in an anonymised statistical format.