TAPS Responsibility matrix: a tool for responsible data science by design

Data-science is an interdisciplinary research working on data from different fields. When analyzing these data, data scientists implicitly agree to follow the rules governing these fields. However, the responsibilities of the involved actors are not necessarily explicit. While novel frameworks suppo...

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Main Authors: Visara Urovi, Remzi Celebi, Chang Sun, Parveen Kumar, Linda Rieswijk, Michael Erard, Arif Yilmaz, Kody Moodley, Michel Dumontier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Responsible Innovation
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414530
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Summary:Data-science is an interdisciplinary research working on data from different fields. When analyzing these data, data scientists implicitly agree to follow the rules governing these fields. However, the responsibilities of the involved actors are not necessarily explicit. While novel frameworks supporting open-science are being proposed, there are currently no frameworks that focus on the responsibilities within a data-science project. In this paper, we describe the Transparency, Accountability, Privacy, and Societal Responsibility Matrix (TAPS-RM) as framework to explore social, legal, and ethical aspects of data-science projects. TAPS-RM is a tool for providing a holistic view of a project beyond key outcomes and to clarify responsibilities of actors. We map TAPS-RM to well-known initiatives for open-data (FACT/FAIR and Datasheets for datasets). We conclude that TAPS-RM is a tool to reflect on responsibilities at a data science project level and can be used to advance responsible data science by design.
ISSN:2329-9460
2329-9037