The World of Open Data Concepts, Methods, Tools and Experiences

This book discusses the latest developments in the field of open data. The opening of data by public organizations has the potential to improve the public sector, inspire business innovation, and establish transparency. With this potential comes unique challenges; these developments impact the operation of governments as well as their relationship with private sector enterprises and society. Changes at the technical, organizational, managerial, and political level are taking place, which, in turn, impact policy-making and traditional institutional structures. This book contributes to the systematic analysis and publication of cutting-edge methods, tools, and approaches for more efficient data sharing policies, practices, and further research. Topics discussed include an introduction to open data, the open data landscape, the open data life cycle, open data policies, organizational issues, interoperability, infrastructure, business models, open data portal evaluation, and research directions, best practices, and guidelines. Written to address different perspectives, this book will be of equal interest to students and researchers,  ICT industry staff, practitioners, policy makers and public servants.

Foreword 1: The Administration View.- Foreword 2: The Research View.- Foreword 3: The Industry View.- PREFACE1. An introduction to Open Data.- 2. The Open data global landscape.- 3. The Open Data Life cycle.- 4. An overview of open data policies.- 5. Organisational Issues – how to open up government data?.- 6. Open data interoperability building blocks.- 7. Open data infrastructures.- 8. How to create business with open data ? Open data outside the public sector.- 9. Evaluating open data portals.- 10. Research directions, best practices and guidelines.- APPENDICES.- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES.- INDEX.

Yannis Charalabidis is Assistant Professor in the University of Aegean, in the area of eGovernment Information Systems, while also heading eGovernment & eBusiness Research in the Decision Support Systems Laboratory of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), planning and coordinating high-level policy making, research and pilot application projects for governments and enterprises worldwide. A computer engineer with a PhD in complex information systems, he has been employed for 8 years as an executive director in Singular IT Group, leading software development, corporate strategy and company expansion in Eastern Europe. He writes and teaches on eGovernment Information Systems, Interoperability and Standardization, eParticipation and Government Transformation in NTUA and the University of Aegean, in Samos.