Open Data and the Knowledge Society /

While there is a lot of talk about how we now live in a knowledge society, the reality has been less impressive: We have yet to truly transition to a knowledge society - in part, this book argues, because discussion mostly focuses on a knowledge economy and information society rather than on ways to...

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Main Authors: Wessels, Bridgette (Author), Noorman, Merel E. (Author), Nativi, Stefano (Author), Bigagli, Lorenzo (Author), Sveinsdottir, Thordis (Author), Wadhwa, Kush (Author), Finn, Rachel L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Defining a 'knowledge society'
  • Visions of open data
  • Mobilising open data
  • Institutions in the data ecosystem : actors in the public knowledge domain and in private data companies
  • Mobilising data : scientific disciplines, scientific practice and making research data open
  • Mobilising data : environmental data, technical and governance issues
  • Navigating legal and ethical frameworks
  • Big data, open data and the commercial sector.