DATA INTEROPERABILITY AND THE OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM: ROLES AND RESEARCH AREAS

Abstract

Sustainability and value-creation are considered important parameters to measure the success of an open data system. Unfortunately, existing open data systems are not meeting their promises to achieve a sustainable and value-based open data system. Van Loenen et al. (2021) proposed a sustainable and value-creating open data ecosystem. According to their study, the open data ecosystem needs to be user-driven, inclusive, circular, and skill-based. In this study, we will first focus on sustainable and value-creating open data ecosystems. Secondly, we will explore how interoperability plays a role in the open data ecosystem. The interoperability of open data is an important aspect when we have open data from different fields. The interoperability frameworks and open data ecosystems will be analyzed. We will draw a conclusion that how open data interoperability can affect the open data ecosystem such as whether the interoperability is the need of user-driveness, inclusiveness, circularity, or skill-based properties. In other words, if we improve interoperability, which part of the open data ecosystem will be improved in return?