Title :
Perspectives on Open Data: Issues and Opportunties
Author :
Cowan, Donald ; Alencar, Paulo ; McGarry, Fred
Author_Institution :
David R. Cheriton Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Open data has become an important new direction in information technology. Governments are releasing data so as to be more transparent and also claiming that open data has substantial economic value. However, there appear to be many issues about open data that are not being discussed. This paper uses several practical examples in an attempt to illustrate many of these issues and allied opportunities, and through them to suggest the beginning of a research agenda around open data.
Keywords :
data handling; government data processing; information technology; governments; information technology; open data; substantial economic value; Communities; Data models; Educational institutions; Government; Lakes; Meteorology; Software; open data; open data use cases; open movement;
Conference_Titel :
Software Science, Technology and Engineering (SWSTE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ramat Gan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4433-0
DOI :
10.1109/SWSTE.2014.18
