Critical Factors for Open Data Publication and Use: A Comparison of City-level, Regional, and Transnational Cases

Authors

  • Iryna Susha Örebro University Sweden
  • Anneke Zuiderwijk Delft University of Technology
  • Yannis Charalabidis University of Aegaen
  • Peter Parycek Danube University Krems
  • Marijn Janssen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v7i2.397

Keywords:

open data, success, success factors, level, taxonomy, e-government, case study

Abstract

There is a lack of research concerning the factors influencing the success or failure of open data initiatives. Based on the results of two workshops, we provide a list of 47 success factors for open data publication and 18 success factors for open data use.  We further use three case studies (ENGAGE, Open NY, and Open Vienna) to examine how the criticality of factors varies depending on the geographical level and other characteristics of the open data initiative. The cases, representing open data initiatives at city, regional and transnational levels, point at different categories of critical success factors. Our key conclusions are that 1) the criticality of the factors depends considerably on the context of the open data initiative; 2) a number of success factors appear to be more universally applicable than others; 3) the factors that are critical to all three cases are derived from many different success factor categories, which suggests that open data initiatives should adopt an interdisciplinary approach, and 4) further work is needed to detail the success factors for open data publication and use in other contexts.

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Author Biographies

Anneke Zuiderwijk, Delft University of Technology

Researcher at Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

Section ICT

Peter Parycek, Danube University Krems

Peter Parycek is Professor for E-Governance at Danube University Krems.

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Published

14.12.2015

How to Cite

Susha, I., Zuiderwijk, A., Charalabidis, Y., Parycek, P., & Janssen, M. (2015). Critical Factors for Open Data Publication and Use: A Comparison of City-level, Regional, and Transnational Cases. JeDEM - EJournal of EDemocracy and Open Government, 7(2), 94–115. https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v7i2.397

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Research Papers