Rate metadata

A user can leave a rating on any given record to represent their appreciation of the data. The overall rating is the average of all ratings for a given record. It helps users searching for metadata to better understand if it is trustworthy or not.

For instance, a user can say a dataset is of good quality, or a particular attribute is not useful because usually empty.

The Ratings feature can be accessed via the sidebar located to the right of the screen on any record.

The following actions are available on Ratings:

• See the overall rating of a given record

• See a list of ratings from all users of a given record

• Apply, modify or delete its own rating on a record. The user can rate with a value between 1 and 5. Alongside the rating value, he can leave a justification comment. The overall rating of the record is updated accordingly and the list of all ratings is refreshed.

The list of ratings from all users is displayed in chronological order, latest updated rating first.