Government Open Data: Development Standard and Usability

Abstract

In the past decade, public agencies in many countries have initiated and developed “Open Data” for the agencies’ information dissemination to the public at large. Thai government open data center, which is the largest data hub to serve the society is under the domain name called data.go.th, created by the Digital Government Development Agency (public organization), a.k.a. DGA. This article presents the development of Thai government open data since it has started in 2016 until the present time covering the open data service from the center, which has different characteristics comparing to open data portal in the countries with high digital development. The study employs content analysis regarding the standard, form, and usability. The significant findings concern control over open data standards, support for innovation in business, research, and further value-added usability by wide public usages. It suggests that high development level on the existing government open data center may create higher and wider usability impacts for academic, business, organization development, and public policy areas.