Value Research on Open Government Data: Cases of Shanghai Open Data Apps in China

Abstract

As1 the one major aim of open government data initiatives is to release the social and business values, which is a big challenge to assess. In this research demo, we propose the value assessment framework and provide the value chains to assess open data values after it is open and used. We participated and found stories from different stakeholders, which is also of value. The case and data in this research are based on the open data contest held in Shanghai in 2015 in China.