Panorama sobre a utilização de dados governamentais abertos no Brasil: um estudo a partir dos aplicativos desenvolvidos

Abstract

This paper aims to give an overview, from the study of the generated applications, about as Brazilian society is using Open Government Data. Open Government Data consist of the provision of data of governmental sphere at predetermined formats (open and non-proprietary standards) for free use, reuse and redistribution by society. The identification of applications that use Open Government Data in Brazil is performed based on official information extracted from the Portal Brasileiro de Dados Abertos and information extracted from news on Open Government Data in Brazil archived on Observatório de Gestão da Informação as from Google Alerts. Thus, this study aims to develop the following specific objectives: identify and categorize the themes and the authors of the applications that use Open Government Data in Brazil, as well as datasets used and their licenses, and assess the degree of update of the applications available in Portal Brasileiro de Dados Abertos relative to applications identified through the news on Open Government Data archived on Observatório de Gestão da Informação.