The Sensible Code Company: Data Publication Tools Survey

The Sensible Code Company makes products that modernise the processing and publication of data. The team is currently conducting market research to help improve our product Cantabular, a framework of tools for the protection and publication of statistics. Cantabular helps organisations power a reproducible statistical pipeline and flexible publication. To learn more visit cantabular.com.

We’d really appreciate it if you could answer the eight short questions below.

1. What's your name and job role? *

2. Does your organisation publish data publicly on the web? *

Yes
No

3. What kind of software do you currently use to publish your data? *

Built in house
Commercial
Open source

4. Would you consider using commercial software to help publish your data? *

Yes
No

5. Please rate the following features of a data publication system by importance: *

	Very Important	Important	Moderately Important	Slightly Important	Not Important
Browse and search available datasets	Browse and search available datasets Very Important	Browse and search available datasets Important	Browse and search available datasets Moderately Important	Browse and search available datasets Slightly Important	Browse and search available datasets Not Important
Aggregate and filter data on demand	Aggregate and filter data on demand Very Important	Aggregate and filter data on demand Important	Aggregate and filter data on demand Moderately Important	Aggregate and filter data on demand Slightly Important	Aggregate and filter data on demand Not Important
Perform calculations and analysis of data	Perform calculations and analysis of data Very Important	Perform calculations and analysis of data Important	Perform calculations and analysis of data Moderately Important	Perform calculations and analysis of data Slightly Important	Perform calculations and analysis of data Not Important
Build custom datasets from scratch	Build custom datasets from scratch Very Important	Build custom datasets from scratch Important	Build custom datasets from scratch Moderately Important	Build custom datasets from scratch Slightly Important	Build custom datasets from scratch Not Important
Explore metadata for published data	Explore metadata for published data Very Important	Explore metadata for published data Important	Explore metadata for published data Moderately Important	Explore metadata for published data Slightly Important	Explore metadata for published data Not Important
Allow map-based data exploration and visualisation	Allow map-based data exploration and visualisation Very Important	Allow map-based data exploration and visualisation Important	Allow map-based data exploration and visualisation Moderately Important	Allow map-based data exploration and visualisation Slightly Important	Allow map-based data exploration and visualisation Not Important
Create and publish visualisations of data	Create and publish visualisations of data Very Important	Create and publish visualisations of data Important	Create and publish visualisations of data Moderately Important	Create and publish visualisations of data Slightly Important	Create and publish visualisations of data Not Important
Allow access to published data through APIs or tools like Python, SAS and R	Allow access to published data through APIs or tools like Python, SAS and R Very Important	Allow access to published data through APIs or tools like Python, SAS and R Important	Allow access to published data through APIs or tools like Python, SAS and R Moderately Important	Allow access to published data through APIs or tools like Python, SAS and R Slightly Important	Allow access to published data through APIs or tools like Python, SAS and R Not Important
User interface for loading and publishing datasets	User interface for loading and publishing datasets Very Important	User interface for loading and publishing datasets Important	User interface for loading and publishing datasets Moderately Important	User interface for loading and publishing datasets Slightly Important	User interface for loading and publishing datasets Not Important
Import datasets in bulk or through an API	Import datasets in bulk or through an API Very Important	Import datasets in bulk or through an API Important	Import datasets in bulk or through an API Moderately Important	Import datasets in bulk or through an API Slightly Important	Import datasets in bulk or through an API Not Important
Apply confidentiality rules to datasets before publication	Apply confidentiality rules to datasets before publication Very Important	Apply confidentiality rules to datasets before publication Important	Apply confidentiality rules to datasets before publication Moderately Important	Apply confidentiality rules to datasets before publication Slightly Important	Apply confidentiality rules to datasets before publication Not Important
Use permissions to control access to datasets	Use permissions to control access to datasets Very Important	Use permissions to control access to datasets Important	Use permissions to control access to datasets Moderately Important	Use permissions to control access to datasets Slightly Important	Use permissions to control access to datasets Not Important

6. How interested would you be in a flexible publication system that allows users to create their own tables directly from microdata, with privacy protections applied automatically? *