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the published data were riddled with problems: they were
published on different websites and, when found in
documents, they were neither easy to download nor
structured. Finally, the measurements were expressed with
different units.
5.2.1.
Scattered and complex documents
The information on radiation measurements were
scattered over several websites rather than gathered in one.
This reflects the complex geography of the various ministries
and administrative structures responsible for measuring
radiation:
One problem is that data are strewn across many
individual Web pages on several websites, for
example, those of Japan's science ministry, here
and here, the health ministry, the Nuclear and
Industrial Safety Agency and the International
Atomic Energy Agency. Moreover, the data are
often in different units, with few descriptive
details
of,
for
example,
sampling
techniques
used.
16
Nature, April 5, 2011
Moreover, the formats used to publish data on radiation
on the official websites (PDF, JPEG, scanning of printed
documents, spreadsheets) made it difficult to view and re-use
them.
5.2.2.
Non-downloadable data
These, data were unstructured and published as HTML
pages or PDF files, which made it difficult to
reuse them. Dr Ryo Ichimiya, researcher in a laboratory of
16 See: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/04/fukushima_update_data_
data_eve.html
.
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