TY - JOUR
T1 - Metadata quality matters in Open Government Data (OGD) evaluation! An empirical investigation of OGD portals of the GCC constituents
T2 - An empirical investigation of OGD portals of the GCC constituents
AU - Chokki, Abiola Paterne
AU - Alexopoulos, Charalampos
AU - Saxena, Stuti
AU - Frénay, Benoît
AU - Vanderose, Benoit
AU - Ali, Mohsan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2023/10/30
Y1 - 2023/10/30
N2 - Purpose: The study seeks to investigate the quality of metadata associated with the open government data (OGD) portals of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) constituents – Bahrain (BH), Kuwait (KW), Oman (OM), Qatar (QA), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative framework, supported by extant literature, is adopted to assess the metadata quality of the six OGD portals of the GCC constituents. Findings: Among the six GCC countries, QA has the most advanced OGD metadata quality followed by KSA, UAE, OM, BH and KW. Furthermore, the OGD metadata quality (MQ) of UAE and OM stand at the same pedestal whereas BH and KW OGD portals are lagging behind. Originality/value: While the OGD quality has been investigated in extant literature, the MQ of the OGD portals for the GCC countries has not been investigated so far – the present study seeks to plug this gap.
AB - Purpose: The study seeks to investigate the quality of metadata associated with the open government data (OGD) portals of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) constituents – Bahrain (BH), Kuwait (KW), Oman (OM), Qatar (QA), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative framework, supported by extant literature, is adopted to assess the metadata quality of the six OGD portals of the GCC constituents. Findings: Among the six GCC countries, QA has the most advanced OGD metadata quality followed by KSA, UAE, OM, BH and KW. Furthermore, the OGD metadata quality (MQ) of UAE and OM stand at the same pedestal whereas BH and KW OGD portals are lagging behind. Originality/value: While the OGD quality has been investigated in extant literature, the MQ of the OGD portals for the GCC countries has not been investigated so far – the present study seeks to plug this gap.
KW - Open Government Data
KW - OGD
KW - Open Data
KW - Metadata
KW - Evaluation
KW - Gulf Cooperation Council
KW - Open government data (OGD)
KW - Open data
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U2 - 10.1108/TG-09-2022-0118
DO - 10.1108/TG-09-2022-0118
M3 - Article
SN - 1750-6166
VL - 17
SP - 303
EP - 316
JO - Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy
JF - Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy
IS - 3
ER -