Assessing Open Data at Local Government Level: Framework and Findings

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  • School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433

Received date: 2018-08-18

  Revised date: 2018-10-09

  Online published: 2018-11-20

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] This paper attempts to construct an assessment framework on open government data at local government level, evaluate the data dimension on existing local government open data platforms in China and put forward suggestions to foster the opening of local government data.[Method/process] Based on the definitions, principles and standards of open data, learning from international open data assessment frameworks, taking in consideration of the policy requirement and development status of open data practices in China, this paper constructs a systematic, multi-dimensional and operable assessment framework, and carries out an actual assessment on forty-six local government open data platforms in China.[Result/conclusion] The study finds out a number of problems with regard to the quantity, quality, standard, coverage and sustainability of open data on local government platforms in China.

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Zheng Lei, Lü Wenzeng . Assessing Open Data at Local Government Level: Framework and Findings[J]. Library and Information Service, 2018 , 62(22) : 32 -44 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2018.22.004

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