Barriers to open data release: A view from the top

Information Polity

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 129-152

  Barry, Emily ^a   Bannister, Frank ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

barriers; central government; local government; Open data; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902490032     PISSN: 15701255     EISSN: 18758754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IP-140327     Document Type: Article

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