Abstract
Nowadays, governments launch open government data (OGD) portals that provide data that can be accessed and used by everyone for their own needs. Although the potential economic value of open (government) data is assessed in millions and billions, not all open data are reused. Moreover, the open (government) data initiative as well as users’ intent for open (government) data are changing continuously and today, in line with IoT and smart city trends, real-time data and sensor-generated data have higher interest for users. These “smarter” open (government) data are also considered to be one of the crucial drivers for the sustainable economy, and might have an impact on information and communication technology (ICT) innovation and become a creativity bridge in developing a new ecosystem in Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. The paper inspects OGD portals of 60 countries in order to understand the correspondence of their content to the Society 5.0 expectations. The paper provides a report on how much countries provide these data, focusing on some open (government) data success facilitating factors for both the portal in general and data sets of interest in particular. The presence of “smarter” data, their level of accessibility, availability, currency and timeliness, as well as support for users, are analyzed. The list of most competitive countries by data category are provided. This makes it possible to understand which OGD portals react to users’ needs, Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 request the opening and updating of data for their further potential reuse, which is essential in the digital data-driven world.
Highlights
Accepted: 28 July 2021Today, more and more governments are launching open government data portals that provide data that can be accessed and used by everyone
Today “openness” has become synonymous with “smartness” [5], which is in line with the recent movement towards Smart Society, Smart Government supported by GovTech, and Smart Cities developed through Civic Tech, which have become dominant structures provided by information and communication technology (ICT) [6]
The aim of this paper is to identify whether open government data (OGD) portals in various countries support the open data initiative and the movement to “smarter” open data, as well as provide their citizens with high-value data, and whether they are suited for further reuse
Summary
Accepted: 28 July 2021Today, more and more governments are launching open government data portals that provide data that can be accessed and used by everyone. The interconnection between topics of open (government) data, Society 5.0 and Industry 4.0 is a very new research direction in which the number of studies is currently very limited. Industry 4.0 has a number of different definitions, but most point to its relation to the digitization of processes, enabling the sustainable development of production, manufacturing, logistics, marketing, and sales. It aims to promote sustainable development of the economic, environmental and social dimensions [2,11]. The cyber-physical infrastructure is one of the most topical research areas, for intelligent transportation, smart manufacturing, regional care, the smart food chain and medical treatment, and was developed based on the basis of IoT, sensors, advanced analytics, cloud computing, cyber security, smart and mobile applications, artificial intelligence and augmented reality [24]
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