Investigating Open Government Data Barriers

FiF-avhandling - Filosofiska Fakulteten – Linköpings Universitet

2019

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Section: The Research Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why is it so challenging to cultivate open government data? : Understanding impediments from an ecosystem perspective

FiF-avhandling - Filosofiska Fakulteten – Linköpings Universitet

2019

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“…The impediments reported as moderate barriers after the start phase seem to come from the data itself or are concerned with the data. Their source is likely the publishers' different practices of data management [10]. Figure 3 illustrates the described U-pattern.…”

Section: A User Process: Theory Versus Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…OGD is a collaborative effort to realize several benefits, such as the creation of a new sector, innovative products and services, collective problem solving, and equal access to data [20,22,33]. However, both publishers and users can experience impediments in the process, such as low data quality, restrictive legislation, paywalls or loss of income, and no interoperability between systems [10]. The lack of use has been noted as a problem for OGD [16,19,23,30,37,40,41].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Impediments on Open Government Data Use: Insights from Users

2019 13th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS)

Simonofski

Clarinval

et al. 2019

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Open Government Data (OGD) is interoperable data that is published on the Internet by public organizations and can be freely used and redistributed by users. OGD is expected to result in several benefits, such as innovative products and services, collective problem solving, and equal access to information. However, several impediments complicate the realization of the benefits. These impediments can impact the process of using OGD that consists of the four phases: motivation, search and evaluate, access and prepare, and aggregate and transform.In this paper, we examine the case of a data science project conducted by master's students to understand how impediments impact their use. In order to study this case, we use a mixedmethod approach combining a questionnaire sent to the 30 students and nine in-depth interviews.The analysis of the data allowed us to identify and discuss the impact of several impediments on use, such as difficulties in finding an idea and the lack of longitudinal data. Subsequently, we were able to give recommendations to publishers to improve their OGD portals, infrastructure, and data as well as opening up research directions in the OGD field.

“…One reason for the slowdown can be the noted lack of use (Kuhn, 2011;Vickery, 2011;Heise and Naumann, 2012;Zuiderwijk and Janssen, 2013;Whitmore, 2014;Jaakola et al, 2015;Safarov et al, 2017). This lack may be a result from impediments experienced by the users in the process of transforming OGD into products and services (e.g., Crusoe and Melin, 2018). The inability to respond to impediments can originate in a nescience about the user process.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Users’ activities for using open government data – a process framework

Ahlin

2019

PurposeThis paper aims to develop a user process framework with activities and their variations for the use of open government data (OGD) based on empirical material and previous research. OGD is interoperable data that is shared by public organisations (publishers) for anyone (users) to reuse without restrictions to create new digital products and services. The user process was roughly identified in previous research but lacks an in-depth description. This lack can hamper the ability to encourage the use and the development of related theories.Design/methodology/approachA three-stage research approach was used. First, a tentative framework was created from previous research and empirical material. This stage involved three different literature reviews, data mapping and seven interviews with OGD experts. The empirical material was analysed with inductive analysis, and previous research was integrated into the framework through concept mapping. Second, the tentative framework was reviewed by informed OGD experts. Third, the framework was finalised with additional literature reviews, eight interviews with OGD users, and a member check, including all the respondents. The framework was used to guide the data collection and as a tool in the analysis.FindingsThe user process framework covers activities and related variations, where the included phases are: start, identify, acquire, enrich and deploy. The start varies relating to the intended use of the OGD. In the identify phase, the user is exploring the accessible data to decide if the data are relevant. In the acquire phase, the user is preparing for the delivery of the data from the publisher and receiving it. In the enrich phase, the user is concocting and making something. In the final deploy phase, the user has a product or service that can be provided to end-users.Research limitations/implicationsThe framework development has some limitations: the framework needs testing and development in different contexts and further verification. The implications are that the framework can help guide researchers towards relevant and essential data of the user process, be used as a point of comparison in analysis, and be used as a skeleton for more precious theories.Practical implicationsThe framework has some practical implications for users, publishers and portals. It can introduce users to the user process and help them plan for the execution of it. The framework can help publishers understand how the users can work with their data and what can be expected of them. The framework can help portal owners to understand the portal’s role between users and publishers and what functionality and features they can provide to support to the user.Originality/valueIn previous research, no user process with an in-depth description was identified. However, several studies have given a rough recall. Thus, this research provides an in-depth description of the user process with its variations. The framework can support practice and leads to new research avenues.