Understanding and Improving Data Repurposing
定义了数据再利用的范围，将其与原始使用和重用区分，并构建了一个包含概念和活动的框架，通过医疗和公民科学案例说明，旨在帮助组织和社会更有效地利用现有数据完成新任务。
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunities to use existing data for tasks not anticipated when those data were collected, resulting in widespread data repurposing. This commentary defines and maps the scope of data repurposing to highlight its importance for organizations and society and the need to study data repurposing as a frontier of data management. We explain how repurposing differs from original data use and data reuse and then develop a framework for data repurposing consisting of concepts and activities for adapting existing data to new tasks. The framework and its implications are illustrated using two examples of repurposing, one in healthcare and one in citizen science. We conclude by suggesting opportunities for research to better understand data repurposing and enable more effective data repurposing practices.