Open Data Business Models | Jeni's Musings - 0 views
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I find business cases for data publishers much more compelling than examples of how open data can be used. For a start, I don’t think it’s possible to predict how open data will be used or what that will mean in terms of economic or societal impact: the wide world into which it’s released is just too complex to know.
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One argument I’ve heard made about government open data is that releasing it can help organisations avoid the costs of Freedom of Information requests.
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The reverse of cost avoidance is finding sponsors for open data publication.
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