# What Are the Data Discovery Activities I Need to Know About?

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&#x20;Users begin with a *task* in mind, for which they wish to *use* data. First of all, they *search* for the data (primarily on the web or on a data portal) after which they *evaluate* and *explore* the data before using. During the evaluation period they may be trying to understand as many as 20 different aspects of your data to establish whether it meets their needs.&#x20;

How do we know this? Read the original research here:

[The Trials and Tribulations of Working With Structured Data](https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3025453.3025838)
