“…As Hossain, Dwivedi, and Rana (2016) have summarised, many current factors have led to the rising need for open data: (a) the political initiative to decentralise civic services whilst enhancing public ownership of governance activities; (b) increase in technologically aware citizens equipped with digital computing skills using their discretion in accessing, analysing and distributing information at will; and (c) the proliferation of mobile and social networking platforms (Boulton et al 2011;Huijboom and Van den Broek 2011;Zuiderwijk and Janssen 2014a). Additionally, the advancement of technology has made data exchange fairly simple in the digital space, turning users from mere recipients of data to functional producers and users of the same (Kulk and Van Loenen 2012). Finally, the spread of digital governance and associated norms, such as responsiveness, public services' accessibility, transparency, and accountability have triggered government initiatives to explore the wider prospective of distribution and use of such data (Sivarajah, Irani, and Weerakkody 2015).…”