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Towards common methods for assessing open data: workshop report & draft framework
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Caplan, Robyn Davies, Tim Wadud, Asiya Verhulst, Stefaan G. Alonso, Jose Manuel Farhan, Hania |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Introduction Governments across the world are adopting open data policies and practices. From national portals, to municipal open data initiatives, and sectorspecific efforts in transport, health and international aid to name just a few, open data has been adopted as an important governance innovation. In line with the growth of open data, a range of different efforts have emerged to measure various aspects of open data readiness, implementation, outcomes and impacts. This paper outlines a common framework, developed through a collaborative workshop, that offers opportunities to joinup these efforts through common and complementary assessment methods for open data activities. On May 8th and 9th 2014 The World Wide Web Foundation and The Governance Lab at NYU convened a twoday workshop in New York, bringing together a group of open data assessment experts to explore the development of common methods and frameworks for the study of open data. The 1 meeting examined opportunities for greater collaboration and coordination between projects and organisations working to understand the implementation and impacts of open data efforts in different settings around the world. The workshop was held over two days. The first part of the workshop consisted of reviewing existing research and projects measuring open data, determining use cases for open data measurement and identifying key questions concerning open data, before looking at conceptual frameworks that could connect questions to use cases. The second part of the workshop focussed on identifying common categories and indicators within an overarching framework. Meeting participants split into subgroups to consider specific questions, and to build out the larger framework with which we can study open data. This paper builds on the outcomes of the workshop to present an initial framework for discussion. The outcomes do not necessarily represent the views of all the organisations that participated, and are offered in this draft form for open comment. In assessing open data activities, projects may look at: 1. Context/Environment The context within which open data is being provided. This might be the national context in the case of central Open Government Data, or might be the context in a particular sector. Important aspects of the environment to assess include the legal and regulatory environment; organisational context; political will & leadership; technical capacity; the wider social environment, in terms of civil society and political freedoms; and the commercial environment and capacity of firms to engage with open data. 2. Data … |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://opendataresearch.org/sites/default/files/posts/Common%20Assessment%20Workshop%20Report.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
