A Framework to Identify Data Governance Requirements in Open Data Ecosystems

Open data and open data ecosystems (ODEs) are important for stakeholders from science, businesses, and the broader society. However, concerns about data sharing and data handling are significant adoption barriers of ODEs that reduce stakeholder participation and thus the success of the initiative. Data governance (DG) is proposed as solution, but requirements of the three stakeholder groups combined are not clear and especially how they can be integrated in one DG concept. This paper develops a framework, supporting elicitation of DG requirements in ODEs. The framework builds on a series of stakeholder workshops and literature research resulting in DG requirements and DG mechanisms. The resulting framework includes five main dimensions: (1) data usability, (2) ethical and legal compliance, (3) data lineage, (4) data access and specified data use, and (5) organizational design