Information networks of Open Data promotion in Local Governments of Japan

Abstract

Public data collected or possessed by administrative agencies and subsequently released as Open Data is expected to bring about positive economic effects. The purpose of this study is to obtain findings contributing to the Open Data promotion in Japanese local governments. We conducted WEB questionnaire survey and obtained information networks of Open Data promotion in local governments. The network in the open data personnel had different characteristics from those of the WEB reference relationship network in the degree distribution. It shows those two networks have different structures. This result can be indicative that the regional binding plays an important role in the information network.