Verification of Data Similarity using Metadata on a Data Exchange Platform

With the development of computers and the rise of data exchange, the expectations for innovation by combining data from different industries, and data exchange platforms that handle different types of data are sprouting up. However, the data handled on such platforms have been obtained and are stored independently by data providers with different purposes, and the maintenance of data catalogs and the spread of schemata are not currently insufficient, making it difficult to understand the relationships between the data on such platforms. In this study, in order to derive the relationships among datasets and to discuss the similarity and combinability of the data on the data exchange platform, we analyze and discuss the relationships between datasets on the platform. We focussed on the data outlines and variables using the metadata of the data exchange platform service, D-Ocean, and found that the similarity of data cannot be measured by a single indicator, and that the items to be referred to calculate the similarity depending on the indicator.