Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems
A comparative case study and a research agenda
B. van Loenen (TU Delft - Urban Data Science)
A.M.G. Zuiderwijk-van Eijk (TU Delft - Information and Communication Technology)
G. Vancauwenberghe (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Francisco J. Lopez-Pellicer (Universidad de Zaragoza)
I. Mulder (TU Delft - Codesigning Social Change)
Charalampos Alexopoulos (University of the Aegean)
Rikke Magnussen (Aalborg University)
Mubashrah Saddiqa (Aalborg University)
Melanie Dulong de Rosnay (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS))
Joep Crompvoets (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Andrea Pollini (University of Camerino)
Barbara Re (University of Camerino)
Cesar Casiano Flores (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
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Abstract
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.
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