Open Data Directives and Policies

Yannis Charalabidis, Anneke Zuiderwijk, Charalampos Alexopoulos, Marijn Janssen, Thomas Lampoltshammer and Enrico Ferro
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Yannis Charalabidis: University of the Aegean
Anneke Zuiderwijk: Delft University of Technology
Charalampos Alexopoulos: University of the Aegean
Marijn Janssen: Delft University of Technology
Thomas Lampoltshammer: Danube University Krems
Enrico Ferro: Istituto Superiore Mario Boella

Chapter Chapter 3 in The World of Open Data, 2018, pp 33-56 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In developing open data policies, organizations aim to stimulate and guide the publication and use of data and to gain advantages from this. Often open data policies are guided by a high-level directive, such as those of the United States (Obama, 2009b) and the European Commission (European Commission, 2013c). Open data policies are important, as their purpose is often to ensure the long-term availability of government information to create transparency and thereby to contribute to citizens’ rights to public access to government information. This right is considered a fundamental tenet of democracy (Allen, 1992). Moreover, open data policies have the potential to increase the participation, interaction, self-empowerment and social inclusion of open data users (e.g. citizens) and providers alike, stimulating economic growth and innovation and realizing many other advantages.

Keywords: Open Data Policy; National Open Data Portal; Open Government Partnership (OGP); Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN); Common European Research Information Format (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90850-2_3

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