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During the last decade several initiatives have worked towards open and freely available data. First, the success by the OpenStreetMap and partly the free use of Google Maps have been a revelation for many users, both in the public sector as well as in the private sector. Additionally, several legal frameworks like the EU directive on Re-use of Public Sector Information and the INSPIRE Directive on geographic information have in various ways encouraged the re-use of public sector information. As a consequence, a minor group of European countries have launched their own open government data projects, and the current research focuses on the role of open public sector information as a major step towards a digital society by analysing the background, extent and expected impact of the Danish open government data initiative.
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Hansen, H.S., Hvingel, L., Schrøder, L. (2013). Open Government Data – A Key Element in the Digital Society. In: Kő, A., Leitner, C., Leitold, H., Prosser, A. (eds) Technology-Enabled Innovation for Democracy, Government and Governance. EGOVIS/EDEM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8061. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40160-2_14
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