How Much Context is Needed to Turn Data into Information? An ABS Perspective | Presented By Zhelko Matijevic & Hamish Taylor

9am – 9.25am AEDT, 30 October 2025 ‐ 25 mins

Stream 2 | The Carnegie Hall

What is the difference between data, datasets, metadata, information, and records? 

How much context is required to turn data into information and records we need to keep?  

What, if any, is the value of raw datasets? What about interim datasets? Where does personal information fit? What needs to be kept with the dataset in order for it to be useful and reusable? How do we know that 100 years from now somebody can usefully re-use ABS datasets? 

How did we recently update the ABS Records Authority to help us manage our data and information?