Pyrkilo guide 3

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This document aggregates information of the method called 'Pyrkio', used in Beneris. Nowadays the method has a broader scope and it is now called Open assessment. The old name 'Pyrkilo' only remains in the name of this deliverable name. The following deliverable description lies on the openly available wiki site. Links appearing in the following text are briefly described in the end of this page.

Information about the method

Open assessment is a method that attempts to answer the following research question and to apply the answer in practical assessments:

How can scientific information and value judgements be organised for improving societal decision-making in a situation where open participation is allowed?

Open assessment can also refer to the actual making of such an assessment (precisely: open assessment process), or the end product of the process (precisely: open assessment product or report). Usually, the use of the term open assessment is clear, but if there is a danger of confusion, the precise term (open assessment method, process, or product) should be used. In practice, the assessment processes are performed using Internet tools (notably Opasnet) among traditional tools. Stakeholders and other interested people are able to participate, comment, and edit its contents already since an early phase of the process. Open assessment is based on a clear information structure and scientific method as the ultimate rule for dealing with disputes.


Open assessment method is briefly described here. How to use open assessment in research contains more information, including a lecture on the topic. Opens assessors network is a mass collaboration project for open assessors, that is people who are willing to promote the open assessment practices in the aim to improve societal decision-making. The major part of the collaboration happens on Opasnet, the website and workspace of this network: http://en.opasnet.org. In addition, there is a plan that Open Assessors' Network should be developed into a scientific society. The society could maintain the Opasnet website and publish the Journal of Open Assessment.

Publication: Tuomisto JT and Pohjola M. Open Risk Assessment. Kansanterveyslaitoksen julkaisuja. 18/2007.

Information about the storage of interpreted model results, called Opasnet base

This page is a general description about Opasnet base. For an additional description with screenshots, see an Open Office document. For a detailed description of its structure, see Opasnet Base structure.

Opasnet base is a part of Opasnet and a storage and retrieval system for results of variables and data from studies. It is designed to be flexible enough to store information in almost any format: probability distributions or deterministic point estimates; spatially or temporally distributed data; or data with multiple dimensions. It can be used as a direct source of model input data, thus making it possible to use shared input information sources such as population data, climate scenarios, or dose-responses of pollutants. Opasnet Base can be accessed via links on variable and study pages (e.g. the metadata box), via a web interface and via the model Opasnet base connection.ANA.


Brief descriptions of the links provided above

http://en.opasnet.org/w/Opasnet  Introduction for Opasnet website and workspace. Basic idea and functionalities.
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Scientific_method  Definition of scientific methods.
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Dealing_with_disputes  Introducing the formal argumentation as a solution to disputes.
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Open_assessment_method  Additional information about the Open Assessment method and some historical background.
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Open_assessment_in_research A lecture which points out the need for Open Assessment.
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Open_Assessors%27_Network  Network for assessors to utilize mass collaboration.
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Open_assessor  Who is an Open Assessor?
http://en.opasnet.org/en-opwiki/index.php?title=Pyrkilo_guide_3&action=submit  What is Opasnet Journal? 
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Opasnet_base  What is Opasnet Base, and what can you do with it?
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Opasnet_Base_structure  Functionalities of Opasnet Base.
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Result  http://en.opasnet.org/w/Variable  http://en.opasnet.org/w/Data  http://en.opasnet.org/w/Study Definitions.
http://base.opasnet.org/  Opasnet Base as it is available on the web.
http://en.opasnet.org/w/Image:Opasnet_base_connection.ANA  Description of the AnalyticaTM file containing web the interphase
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