The FAIR data idea is intended to help with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAIR_data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAIR_data It's a good idea. People are

The FAIR data idea is intended to help with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAIR_data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAIR_data It's a good idea. People are trying to do it. But it's work for someone and often that work isn't directly appreciated. Having a start of don't waste the data in someone's filing cabinet or on a personal hard disk is a the biggest step. The Australian Government also has https://data.gov.au/ https://data.gov.au/ Now the organisations that provide all that data just have to figure a good way to quantitively show the value in a realistic manner.