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UK Data Linkage Community (UK DLC)

The UK Data Linkage Community aims to establish a UK-wide, cross-sector, open community dedicated to data linkage methodologies, applications, and best practice principles. The community will facilitate knowledge sharing, material production, and collaboration for data linkers, users of linked data, and related interest groups in the field.

Status: Active
Primary contact: michael.edwards@swansea.ac.uk
Affiliated with: Improving Transparency Around Linkage Outputs (ITALO),

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Community charter

The group meets quarterly to report on community developments and plan for future activity. In addition to formal meetings, there are workshop events and a mailing list to foster connections. Community outputs consist of an openly accessible collection of public resources, hosted on GitHub, providing asynchronous engagement and public contributions.

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Co-Chairs

Meet the co-chairs leading efforts to share resources and knowledge on data linkage methodologies and best practices.

Michael Edwards

Michael Edwards

Secure eResearch Platform (SeRP) UK

Sam Lindsay

Sam Lindsay

Data First and Ministry of Justice

Simon Thompson

Simon Thompson

Secure eResearch Platform (SeRP) UK

 

 

 

 

Josie Plachta

Josie Plachta

Office for National Statistics

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Events organised by the UK Data Linkage Community.

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Group outputs

Key outputs from the UK Data Linkage Community promoting knowledge and resource sharing on data linkage methodologies and best practices.

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