Print Email Facebook Twitter How to assess the success of the open data ecosystem? Title How to assess the success of the open data ecosystem? Author Welle Donker, F.M. (TU Delft OLD Geo-information and Land Development) van Loenen, B. (TU Delft OLD Geo-information and Land Development) Date 2016 Abstract Open data are currently a hot topic and are associated with realising ambitions such as a more transparent and efficient government, solving societal problems, and increasing economic value. To describe and monitor the state of open data in countries and organisations, several open data assessment frameworks were developed. Despite high scores in these assessment frameworks, the actual (re)use of open government data (OGD) fails to live up to its expectations. Our review of existing open data assessment frameworks reveals that these only cover parts of the open data ecosystem. We have developed a framework, which assesses open data supply, open data governance, and open data user characteristics holistically. This holistic open data framework assesses the maturity of the open data ecosystem and proves to be a useful tool to indicate which aspects of the open data ecosystem are successful and which aspects require attention. Our initial assessment in the Netherlands indicates that the traditional geographical data perform significantly better than non-geographical data, such as healthcare data. Therefore, open geographical data policies in the Netherlands may provide useful cues for other OGD strategies. Subject open datageodataassessment frameworkopen data governanceopen data maturity To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:375b9d36-3001-46db-aa2f-e442fc81562b DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2016.1224938 ISSN 1753-8947 Source International Journal of Digital Earth: a new journal for a new vision, 10 (3), 284-306 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 F.M. Welle Donker, B. van Loenen Files PDF How_to_assess_the_success ... system.pdf 3.48 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:375b9d36-3001-46db-aa2f-e442fc81562b/datastream/OBJ/view