TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems
T2 - A comparative case study and a research agenda
AU - Van Loenen, Bastiaan
AU - Zuiderwijk, Anneke
AU - Vancauwenberghe, Glenn
AU - López Pellicer, Francisco Javier
AU - Mulder, Ingrid
AU - Alexopoulos, Charalampos
AU - Magnussen, Rikke
AU - Saddiqa, Mubashrah
AU - Dulong de Rosnay, Melanie
AU - Crompvoets, Joep
AU - Polini, Andrea
AU - Re , Barbara
AU - Casiano Flores , Cesar
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Open data, ecosystems, value creation, sustainability, research agenda
U2 - 10.29379/jedem.v13i2.644
DO - 10.29379/jedem.v13i2.644
M3 - Journal article
VL - 13
SP - 1
EP - 27
JO - The Open Access eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM)
JF - The Open Access eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM)
IS - 2
ER -