informationraising
Informationraising is a term used to describe deliberate efforts to increase the availability, accessibility, and understandability of information for a particular audience with the aim of supporting informed decision-making, accountability, and participation. It encompasses data publication, explanatory communication, and capacity-building activities that elevate information from raw data or opaque reports to usable knowledge.
Practitioners deploy a range of methods, including open data portals, machine-readable datasets, APIs, dashboards, plain-language summaries,
Informationraising is applied across multiple domains, such as government and public sector governance, corporate transparency and
Evaluating informationraising efforts focuses on both reach and impact. Metrics may include audience size and dispersion,
The term is a relatively recent addition to discussions of information access and governance, often treated