ITrust. “Research Project 8 - Open Data Open Government - Proposal,” October 28, 2013. http://interparestrust.org/assets/documents/iTrust_Oct282013_NA_Team_Research_Project_08_Open_Data_Open_Government_Big_Data_Proposal_v2_FINAL.pdf.
big data (1): Examples include the call records of telecommunications companies, the customer purchase orders of large companies such as Amazon and Walmart, and the large volumes of repetitive case files generated by government departments such as Human Resources Development and Immigration. Data are extracted and reassembled or aggregated through various stages of computer-based analysis to produce statistics that can be used by organizations to achieve competitive advantage, enhance services, support planning, etc. (†423)
open data (1): The statistics offered through open data initiatives are products of processes that began with the original capture of source records (completed survey forms, case records, etc.), the extraction of relevant data from the records to create new assemblages or aggregations of the data (which leads to new records) which themselves may be packaged for external use or ‘mashed up’ with other data to form entirely new assemblages and aggregations tailored for external use and made available online. (†422)
open government (1-2): Similar processes [as Open Data and Big Data] can also be found in support of Open Government initiatives where the goal is to achieve greater transparency and demonstrated accountability through making known the availability of government records documenting decisions and actions (as distinct from the more passive FOI world where access is dependent on citizen requests). The stages involved in creating and making available online versions of government records and data involves the creation of various versions of the records and data, some of which involves digitization. (†424)
open government data (1-2): Similar processes [as Open Data and Big Data] can also be found in support of Open Government initiatives where the goal is to achieve greater transparency and demonstrated accountability through making known the availability of government records documenting decisions and actions (as distinct from the more passive FOI world where access is dependent on citizen requests). The stages involved in creating and making available online versions of government records and data involves the creation of various versions of the records and data, some of which involves digitization. (†425)
