A useful answer may need a sector’s public evidence, information inside existing systems, or a tool that captures what nobody has recorded yet. DAAC combines specialist tools with human judgement to do that work, and makes the method reusable in the next context.
A sector’s knowledge is scattered across registers, reports and websites. Finding an organisation is not enough: people need to understand its relationships, activities and the evidence behind them.
The resultA sector hub that connects people, organisations, places and activities, with sources and uncertainty visible alongside each claim.
How this work runsA decision depends on information held across organisations and public sources. A name in a search result does not reveal everything each source knows about it.
The resultRelevant evidence brought together around a subject, with a clear distinction between what can be discovered and what the holder allows someone to access.
How this work runsOff-the-shelf software rarely matches the work on the ground. Bespoke systems are expensive to build, and become harder to maintain as the organisation changes.
The resultA digital system shaped around the organisation’s work, with reusable infrastructure underneath and a defined path for maintenance.
How this work runsA system may still serve its users while its technology becomes difficult to maintain. Replacing it risks losing working behaviour and years of information.
The resultA rebuilt system on a maintainable framework, with its existing behaviour checked and its historical data reconciled.
How this work runsReports and forms contain useful facts, but people repeatedly transcribe them before another system can use them.
The resultStructured records linked to their source documents, checked against a chosen schema and reviewed where interpretation is needed.
How this work runsThe same organisation, location or activity appears differently in different databases. Their records cannot be compared reliably until those differences are resolved.
The resultA mapping to a reference schema that lets records be compared or exchanged while preserving their origin.
How this work runsWebsites, presentations and reports describe the same work in different ways. As the work changes, those accounts drift apart.
The resultClear public material grounded in the same evidence and decisions, adapted to the people who need to understand it.
How this work runs