期刊名称：URISA Journal - Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
印刷版ISSN：1045-8077
出版年度：2017
卷号：28
出版社：Urban and Regional Information Systems
摘要：Open data, that is, the provision of government data in a publicly accessible, machine-readable format, with liberalusage terms, has become commonplace. Despite the promise of open data, there are many questions about who is accessing governmentopen data and what they are using it for. This research presents a characterization of the infomediary, a third partywho accesses government open data and creates value-added products from it. Using four major Canadian municipal opendata providers, we present an information scan and classification of open data infomediaries and the products they create. Fiveclassifications of infomediary are proposed: government, private sector, NGO, academic, and media. Within each of these classifications,the type of infomediary products created and the delivery method used are summarized. Findings from this researchindicate a diversity in infomediary actors and products, but that this activity is largely concentrated in government and privatesectorinfomediary types. Further considerations of the impact of infomediary activity on government open data provision arepresented as important future directions of research.
