Potential of Open Data in the Agricultural eGovernment

V. VostrovskýJ. TyrychtrM. Ulman


No 2/2015, June
pp. 103-113

Vostrovský V., Tyrychtr J., Ulman M. (2015) "Potential of Open Data in the Agricultural eGovernment“, AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 103 – 113. ISSN 1804-1930

Abstract

The paper presents overview of current research on open data potential and use in the agriculture. Open data are described through the concepts of information need and transformation places in the agricultural enterprise. Opportunities and stimuli of open data for agriculture are discussed such as real use cases of open formats (Open Office XML, CSV, ODS and RDF) and suggestions of value-added analysis of data available at eAGRI Portal that is leading information source in Czech agriculture. Based on the literature review and secondary data analysis a series of further research questions is provided in the conclusion.

Keywords

Open data, information need, information systems, Open data economy, Open eGovernment, Agricultural eGovernment.

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