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Libraly Journal ›› 2018, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 82-90.

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When Open Data Meet Open Source: A Comparative Study of Open Data Portal

Wu Zhanwei, Sun Xinrui, Xiao Ruowei   

  • Online:2018-05-14 Published:2018-05-18

Abstract: How to establish and develop government open data portal sustainably is a challenging problem in China nowadays. In this article, we recommend addressing this problem based on open source ecosystem, which is a mainstream solution in the world according to our comparative study on 60 countries globally. Some practical suggestions are also given after analyzing various possible routines by way of socio-technical system framework, including the usage of cloud platform, fostering open source community ecosystem, and establishing open standards and agreements.

Key words: Open data, Open source, Socio-technical system