Open data quality measurement framework: Definition and application to Open Government Data

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 325-337

  Vetrò, Antonio ^a   Canova, Lorenzo ^a   Torchiano, Marco ^a   Minotas, Camilo Orozco ^a   Iemma, Raimondo ^a   Morando, Federico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data quality measurement; Empirical assessment; Government information quality; Open data quality; Open Government Data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958559276     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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