The North Sea checkpoint considered seven challenges of importance to the Blue Economy in the North Sea basin.
For each challenge a screening was undertaken to identify the data suitable to meet the challenge and an adequacy report was produced on the data in actually solving the challenge. This adequacy report considered both the utility of the available data, but also what data gaps were found to exist.
To present this information concisely to users, a star-rating system was used whereby the data were scored against ‘value criteria’ such as the temporal and spatial coverage of the data, delivery, usability and contractual terms. These star ratings were given in the context of the challenge being addressed, hence the value of a data product varied across challenges.
