[okfn-discuss] protocols of open data, business models

Wed Oct 9 13:45:56 UTC 2013

I think there are a couple of different meanings of "business model" 
floating around.

One is the discussion of how private businesses can open up their data 
and still survive as a business.

Another is the degree to which businesses and other organizations can 
build on and provide services based on public sector data and 
information.

The third, which I'm more concerned with, is how to support the entire 
lifecycle of open data, from creation to preservation, in an era of 
stressed public budgets. Open data can improve the case for public 
sector investment, and it could provide access to new resources (e.g., 
citizen scientists), but it may also undercut subscription and other 
business models for data access and stewardship that have lasted for 
decades. For a viewpoint on this, see a recent statement prepared by a 
group of "domain repositories":

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/support/announcements/2013/09/sustaining-domain-repositories-for

Cheers, Bob

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On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Ewan Klein wrote:

> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 12:29:57 +0100
> From: Ewan Klein <ewan.klein at gmail.com>
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> To: Gene Shackman <eval_gene at yahoo.com>
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> Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] protocols of open data, business models
> 
> Hi Gene,
>
>> 2. What would a business model look like, or what exactly is a business model? Something that says how to make data open but how the people who make them open can still benefit?
>
> It's worth noting that that Jeni Tennison of the Open Data Institute, as well as several other people, have been thinking and writing about open data business models for a while. There is a good overview article by Alex Howard:
>
> http://radar.oreilly.com/2013/01/open-data-business-models-deloitte-insight.html
>
> Regards,
>
> --Ewan
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