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Open Data Research Challenges in the EU

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Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective (EGOVIS 2018)

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Although the concept of ‘open data’ has been around for some time, it has gained more attention in the public sphere over the last decade. This momentum has attracted the interest of ‘mainstream’ e-Government researchers as well, what is well indicated by the increased number of papers addressing the topic. Even though this interest seemed to be declining two-three years ago, the idea of reusing public sector data provided new ammunition to do research into this phenomenon. This paper relies on the latest literature and relevant studies to review the research area of open government data and to offer recommendations regarding potential research directions that could advance our understanding of the challenges facing the reuse of public sector information.

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Csáki, C., Kő, A. (2018). Open Data Research Challenges in the EU. In: Kő, A., Francesconi, E. (eds) Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective. EGOVIS 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11032. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98349-3_15

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