“…For example, heralded as an international phenomenon, Kassen's (2013) interpretation of the term 'open data' suggests that government data should be available to anyone with a possibility of redistribution in any form without any copyright restrictions (Kassen, 2013). To this extent, there are naturally contrasting perspectives toward the perceived benefits of OGD-despite the efforts of Stuermer and Dapp (2016) to create an Impact Monitoring Framework-with several voices questioning these said benefits and positive impacts (Gurstein, 2011); (McClean, 2011); (Zuiderwijk et al, 2012); (Janssen, 2012); (Zeleti and Ojo, 2017); (Zuiderwijk et al, 2018). Yet, it is the perspective of Davies and Bawa (2012) who somewhat prophetically suggested that it was unclear how, despite the attention it had received, OGD was to play out in the national, subnational, and local community contexts.…”