Open Data: Creating Communities and Practices for a New Common

Nicola Morelli

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77547-0_10

Open Data: Creating Communities and Practices for a New Common

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Abstract

Open Data are increasingly seen as a new and very relevant resource, that can dramatically change the landscape of the services and infrastructure in urban environments. This opportunity is often conceptualized by defining open data as a new common. Open data however, are not necessarily a commons, at least in the sense defined by Bollier [1], they are rather a shareable resource, which will only be accessed and used if a community exists around them and a set of practices and rules are defined to manage them. This paper is focusing on those two aspects: the creation of a community of users and a set of practices that regulate and facilitate the use of open data. Communities and practices, the two elements that would turn open data into a common, are not emerging spontaneously; their emergence needs to be appropriately designed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Internet Science : INSCI 2017 International Workshops, IFIN, DATA ECONOMY, DSI, and CONVERSATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 22, 2017, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Michail Vafopoulos, Asbjorn Folstad, Thomas Vilarinho, Sotiris Diplaris, Anna Satsiou
Number of pages	11
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2018
Pages	126-136
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-77546-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-77547-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77547-0_10
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	4th International Conference on Internet Science (INSCI) 22-24 November, 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki, Greece Duration: 22 Nov 2017 → 24 Nov 2017 http://internetscienceconference.eu/

Workshop

Workshop	4th International Conference on Internet Science (INSCI) 22-24 November, 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Thessaloniki
Period	22/11/2017 → 24/11/2017
Internet address	http://internetscienceconference.eu/

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	10750
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Commons
Open data
OpenDataLab
Service design

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Morelli, N. (2018). Open Data: Creating Communities and Practices for a New Common. In M. Vafopoulos, A. Folstad, T. Vilarinho, S. Diplaris, & A. Satsiou (Eds.), Internet Science: INSCI 2017 International Workshops, IFIN, DATA ECONOMY, DSI, and CONVERSATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 22, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 126-136). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77547-0_10

Morelli, Nicola. / Open Data : Creating Communities and Practices for a New Common. Internet Science: INSCI 2017 International Workshops, IFIN, DATA ECONOMY, DSI, and CONVERSATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 22, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Michail Vafopoulos ; Asbjorn Folstad ; Thomas Vilarinho ; Sotiris Diplaris ; Anna Satsiou. Springer, 2018. pp. 126-136 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10750).

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Morelli, N 2018, Open Data: Creating Communities and Practices for a New Common. in M Vafopoulos, A Folstad, T Vilarinho, S Diplaris & A Satsiou (eds), Internet Science: INSCI 2017 International Workshops, IFIN, DATA ECONOMY, DSI, and CONVERSATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 22, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10750, pp. 126-136, 4th International Conference on Internet Science (INSCI) 22-24 November, 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22/11/2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77547-0_10

Open Data: Creating Communities and Practices for a New Common. / Morelli, Nicola.
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Morelli N. Open Data: Creating Communities and Practices for a New Common. In Vafopoulos M, Folstad A, Vilarinho T, Diplaris S, Satsiou A, editors, Internet Science: INSCI 2017 International Workshops, IFIN, DATA ECONOMY, DSI, and CONVERSATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 22, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. 2018. p. 126-136. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10750). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-77547-0_10

Open Data: Creating Communities and Practices for a New Common

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