Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems: A comparative case study and a research agenda | Zendy

B. van Loenen | Zendy; Anneke Zuiderwijk | Zendy; Glenn Vancauwenberghe | Zendy; Francisco J. López-Pellicer | Zendy; Ingrid Mulder | Zendy; Charalampos Alexopoulos | Zendy; Rikke Magnussen | Zendy; Mubashrah Saddiqa | Zendy; Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay | Zendy; Joep Crompvoets | Zendy; Andrea Polini | Zendy; Barbara Re | Zendy; César Casiano Flores | Zendy

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Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems: A comparative case study and a research agenda

Author(s) -

B. van Loenen,

Anneke Zuiderwijk,

Glenn Vancauwenberghe,

Francisco J. López-Pellicer,

Ingrid Mulder,

Charalampos Alexopoulos,

Rikke Magnussen,

Mubashrah Saddiqa,

Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay,

Joep Crompvoets,

Andrea Polini,

Barbara Re,

César Casiano Flores

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

jedem - ejournal of edemocracy and open government

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135

H-Index - 1

ISSN - 2075-9517

DOI - 10.29379/jedem.v13i2.644

Subject(s) - open data , sustainability , sustainable value , citizen journalism , value (mathematics) , sustainable development , computer science , business , knowledge management , environmental resource management , ecology , economics , world wide web , machine learning , biology

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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