The Value Generating Mechanisms of Open Government Data

Recent trends towards openness and technical connectivity have offered the ability to drive massive social and economic change; however they demand a redefinition of relationships. We have observed a move from a polarized world where companies operate in economic markets while governments drive social progress, to an interconnected, networked world of shared resources and co-creation. One of the trends driving this change is open government data. This paper presents a framework of four value generating mechanisms from use of OGD. The framework makes it easier to compare and communicate different pathways to value generation, while highlighting the current tensions between the private/public and economic/social domains. Our proposition is that these tensions bring about possibilites for synergies and value enhancement.

当下开放化与技术互联的趋势，为推动大规模社会与经济变革提供了可能，但同时也要求重新定义各类关系。我们观察到，世界正从两极分化的格局转向互联成网的共享资源与协同共创格局：此前企业依托经济市场开展业务，政府则主导社会进步。推动这一变革的趋势之一，便是开放政府数据（Open Government Data，OGD）。本研究提出了一套基于开放政府数据应用的四大价值生成机制框架。该框架可简化不同价值生成路径的对比与沟通工作，同时凸显了当前私营与公共领域、经济与社会范畴之间的现存张力。我们的核心主张是，这些张力恰恰为协同增效与价值提升创造了可能。