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Table 1 (Non) - normalised Data Usage Index (DUI) indicators

From: Towards a data publishing framework for primary biodiversity data: challenges and potentials for the biodiversity informatics community

 

Measure

Description

1

Visits

Number different visits (by IP address)

2

Unique Visits

Number of different first-time visits (by IP)

3.

Loyal Visits

Number of visits repeatedly visiting a unit

4

Download Events

Number of different visits making a download

5

Download Frequency

Number of downloaded records from a unit (also distribution over units) - by visitor type

6

Download Volume

Size in MB - can be averaged

7

Download Impact

Download Freq. D(u) over stored records r(u) in unit: D(u)/r(u)

8

Avg. Download Freq.

Download Freq. per Event d(u): D(u)/d (u)

9

Usage Ratio

Ratio of Download Events over Visits v(u) for unit u: d(u)/v(u) - by visitor type