Government (Big) Data Ecosystem: Definition, Classification of Actors, and Their Roles

Organizations, including governments, generate (big)
data that are high in volume, velocity, veracity, and come from a
variety of sources. Public Administrations are using (big) data,
implementing base registries, and enforcing data sharing within the
entire government to deliver (big) data related integrated services,
provision of insights to users, and for good governance. Government
(Big) data ecosystem actors represent distinct entities that provide
data, consume data, manipulate data to offer paid services, and
extend data services like data storage, hosting services to other actors.
In this research work, we perform a systematic literature review. The
key objectives of this paper are to propose a robust definition of
government (big) data ecosystem and a classification of government
(big) data ecosystem actors and their roles. We showcase a graphical
view of actors, roles, and their relationship in the government (big)
data ecosystem. We also discuss our research findings. We did not
find too much published research articles about the government (big)
data ecosystem, including its definition and classification of actors
and their roles. Therefore, we lent ideas for the government (big) data
ecosystem from numerous areas that include scientific research data,
humanitarian data, open government data, industry data, in the
literature.