Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems: A comparative case study and a research agenda

Van Loenen, Bastiaan ; Zuiderwijk, Anneke ; Vancauwenberghe, Glenn ; Lopez-Pellicer, Francisco J. ; Mulder, Ingrid ; Alexopoulos, Charalampos ; Magnussen, Rikke ; Saddiqa, Mubashrah ; Dulong de Rosnay, Melanie ; Crompvoets, Joep ; Polini, Andrea ; Re, Barbara ; Casiano Flores, Cesar

Resumen: Current open data systems lag behind in their promised value creation and sustainability. The objective of the current study is twofold: 1) to investigate whether existing open data systems meet the requirements of open data ecosystems, and 2) to develop a research agenda that discusses the gaps between current open data systems on the one hand and participatory, value-creating, sustainable open data ecosystems on the other hand. The literature reveals that the main characteristics of value-creating, sustainable open data ecosystems are user-drivenness, inclusiveness, circularity, and skill-based. Our comparative case study of five open data systems in various application domains and countries highlighted that none of these systems are real open data ecosystems: they often do not balance open data supply and demand, exclude specific user groups and domains, are linear, and lack skill-training. We elaborate on a research agenda that discusses how research should address the challenge of making open data ecosystems more value-generating and sustainable.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.29379/jedem.v13i2.644

Año: 2021

Publicado en: eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government 13, 2 (2021), 1-27
ISSN: 2075-9517

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 1.1 - Social Sciences (Q2) - Computer Science (Q4)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.205 - Sociology and Political Science (Q3) - Computer Science Applications (Q3)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)