The impact of the activities of non-profit data intermediaries (NPDIs): A qualitative study on the impact of NPDIs in reducing barriers to using Open Government Data (OGD) in Europe

The use and value of Open Government Data (OGD) are gaining increasing attention from governments, corporations, and individuals. Governments have developed portals and started initiatives to share, promote and facilitate OGD interactions. The key objectives of the release of OGD by public entities are public responsibility, economic expansion,...

The Effects of Open Data Communities on Open Data Benefits and Barriers

Governmental organisations worldwide are working on their open data strategies and are openly sharing their data with the public. Recently also open data communities have been set up by several national governments. The effects of setting up these data communities on open data benefits and barriers and whether an effect exists at all is not yet...

Value Drivers and Inhibitors in Municipal Open Government Data Ecosystems: An in-depth analysis of stakeholder perceptions on values, barriers and success factors in open government data initiatives in Dutch municipalities

Research context<br/><br/>Open government data (OGD) publication and use is an important feature of an open government. However, In Dutch municipalities, the presumed created value from municipal OGD fails to live up to its potential, despite various OGD initiatives. Furthermore, there is a lack of knowledge about how value creating mechanisms...

Measuring citizen preferences for the Dutch Education Open Data Policy: A Path towards Citizen-Informed Decision Making

This thesis discusses the way individuals in their role as citizens make trade-offs between open education data attributes. The Dutch government agencies lack of insight in the citizen preferences for open data policy attributes lead them to evaluate and develop their open data policy only from the data provider perspective. In order to address...

Open data bij de gemeente Delft: perspectieven van de inwoners op het beleid

Open Government Data Portal Design Principles: Implementing Transparency, Privacy, and Information Quality Assurance by Design

Transparency, privacy, and information quality assurance are profound issues that often emerge due to the publication or use of open data. Realizing the three values are important, and the design of open government data portals should be able to accommodate the values. However, how the open data portals should be designed in order to accommodate...

A comparison of open data policies in different countries: Lessons learned for an open data policy in Indonesia

Many countries around the world have joined the open data movement. Data is being published for a various number of reasons which include for the public to reuse, to create a more efficient government, and to increase transparency. Recent development in this field is that the data published is expected to be in machine readable format. In...

An exploration of the use of open government data by private organisations: Contributing to the improvement of governmental policies by examining the current use of open government data by private organisations in the Netherlands

This is an explorative research into the, successful, usage of open government data. Based on this research recommendations are made to contribute to the improvement of governmental open data policies. Questions discussed are: How are private organisations using open government data? Under which socio-technical conditions do (the selected)...

Capturing Value from Open Data Platforms: The Utilization of Open Data Platform for Stimulating Open Innovation in the Public Sector in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Indonesia

Several public bodies have opened their data through open data platforms to promote transparency, participation, and collaboration among government’s stakeholders. This action stimulates open innovation in reusing those open government data. Yet, the study about the potential of open data platform to stimulate open innovation in the public...