Post by jannatjahan3333 on Mar 12, 2024 3:43:05 GMT
The economic sustainability of “open” initiatives is a very interesting and completely open debate, despite the redundancy. I recently read an article by Jeni Tennison , technical director of the Open Data Institute, and I wanted to summarize the seven most interesting business models in this sector. I hope they help you understand how some initiatives work and suggest ideas for starting a project. The following categorization has been made as an example and the examples may be debatable.
Costs reduction Cost reduction models are typical in public administrations and are appropriate when there is a demand to open databases. The Data.gov or Ukraine Mobile Number List data.gov.uk platforms are the archetypal examples of this category because, as there is legislation that forces agencies to make their information public and accessible, the demand exists by default as all administrations are obliged to make public your data.
2 Sponsorship. Sponsorship is often common in non-commercial sectors where there is a desire to make certain information open to citizens. This could be the case of some projects like OpenSpending , which get sponsorship from international foundations to visualize the budgets of countries. In these cases, a small, local organization receives funding to structure the portal and develops an application where the results can be seen.
Freemium Freemium licenses (a word that mixes the concepts of free (free) and exclusivity (premium) are usually typical in incipient initiatives that need to publicize the advantages of their product. They give free access to the basic services of an application and only through a payment allows access to the entire content. Parkopedia.co.uk , or spotcrime.com could be examples because they offer access to a large amount of information but restrict the most recent. In the case of spotcrime.com, the information and “only” you can see what happened three days ago.
Dual licenses Dual licenses refer to cases where licenses vary depending on the purpose and size of the user trying to access the information. Jenni Tennison gives the example here of Open Corporates , a database on companies around the world that offers different types of licenses to access information (light, basic or corporate subscription).
Support and services Many organizations and companies that are understanding the value of betting on big data do not yet have their own capabilities to develop this area and often need experts to help them develop their products or train their employees in the use of open data. This could be the model used by the School of Data, a division of the Open Knowledge Foundation that offers training services to manage the process of opening information, or that of those who offer software to manage open data as the New Amsterdam Foundation does through of DKAN , or Socrata .
Increased quality through participation The goal of opening information to the public may simply be to “improve data quality.” An example could be the NASA application “ Be a Martian ,” which allows users to interact with the information collected about the planet Mars and allows NASA to study where it would be best to land its ship on the next mission.
Support to core business Jenni Tenisson points to the example of public bike rental systems as an example of how open data can strengthen a core business area. In this case the information on the location of the stations and the number of bicycles parked is open; and it is with the objective that users can make better use of bicycle rentals.
Costs reduction Cost reduction models are typical in public administrations and are appropriate when there is a demand to open databases. The Data.gov or Ukraine Mobile Number List data.gov.uk platforms are the archetypal examples of this category because, as there is legislation that forces agencies to make their information public and accessible, the demand exists by default as all administrations are obliged to make public your data.
2 Sponsorship. Sponsorship is often common in non-commercial sectors where there is a desire to make certain information open to citizens. This could be the case of some projects like OpenSpending , which get sponsorship from international foundations to visualize the budgets of countries. In these cases, a small, local organization receives funding to structure the portal and develops an application where the results can be seen.
Freemium Freemium licenses (a word that mixes the concepts of free (free) and exclusivity (premium) are usually typical in incipient initiatives that need to publicize the advantages of their product. They give free access to the basic services of an application and only through a payment allows access to the entire content. Parkopedia.co.uk , or spotcrime.com could be examples because they offer access to a large amount of information but restrict the most recent. In the case of spotcrime.com, the information and “only” you can see what happened three days ago.
Dual licenses Dual licenses refer to cases where licenses vary depending on the purpose and size of the user trying to access the information. Jenni Tennison gives the example here of Open Corporates , a database on companies around the world that offers different types of licenses to access information (light, basic or corporate subscription).
Support and services Many organizations and companies that are understanding the value of betting on big data do not yet have their own capabilities to develop this area and often need experts to help them develop their products or train their employees in the use of open data. This could be the model used by the School of Data, a division of the Open Knowledge Foundation that offers training services to manage the process of opening information, or that of those who offer software to manage open data as the New Amsterdam Foundation does through of DKAN , or Socrata .
Increased quality through participation The goal of opening information to the public may simply be to “improve data quality.” An example could be the NASA application “ Be a Martian ,” which allows users to interact with the information collected about the planet Mars and allows NASA to study where it would be best to land its ship on the next mission.
Support to core business Jenni Tenisson points to the example of public bike rental systems as an example of how open data can strengthen a core business area. In this case the information on the location of the stations and the number of bicycles parked is open; and it is with the objective that users can make better use of bicycle rentals.