Analytical Usability Across Data and Communication (Series Note 9 – Bridge Note)

This publication is part of the series Public Analytical Notes (Note 9), which provides short, analytically framed texts on evaluation and decision-making in institutional and administrative contexts. The note examines a cross-domain configuration in which elements are identifiable while the relations necessary for reconstruction are not identifiable. It introduces analytical usability as a dimension concerning the extent to which available data or communication allows reconstruction. The note is descriptive and analytical in character. It does not establish causal claims, normative judgments, or legal conclusions. The formulation may be used to describe situations in which reconstructability is limited due to…