Yannis Charalabidis is Assistant Professor in the University of Aegean, in the area of eGovernment Information Systems, while also heading eGovernment & eBusiness Research in the Decision Support Systems Laboratory of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), planning and coordinating high-level policy making, research and pilot application projects for governments and enterprises worldwide. A computer engineer with a PhD in complex information systems, he has been employed for 8 years as an executive director in Singular IT Group, leading software development, corporate strategy and company expansion in Eastern Europe. He writes and teaches on eGovernment Information Systems, Interoperability and Standardization, eParticipation and Government Transformation in NTUA and the University of Aegean, in Samos.

• Foreword 1: The Administration View.- Foreword 2: The Research View.- Foreword 3: The Industry View.- PREFACE1. An introduction to Open Data.- 2. The Open data global landscape.- 3. The Open Data Life cycle.- 4. An overview of open data policies.- 5. Organisational Issues – how to open up government data?.- 6. Open data interoperability building blocks.- 7. Open data infrastructures.- 8. How to create business with open data ? Open data outside the public sector.- 9. Evaluating open data portals.- 10. Research directions, best practices and guidelines.- APPENDICES.- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES.- INDEX.

Yannis Charalabidis is Assistant Professor in the University of Aegean, in the area of eGovernment Information Systems, while also heading eGovernment & eBusiness Research in the Decision Support Systems Laboratory of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), planning and coordinating high-level policy making, research and pilot application projects for governments and enterprises worldwide. A computer engineer with a PhD in complex information systems, he has been employed for 8 years as an executive director in Singular IT Group, leading software development, corporate strategy and company expansion in Eastern Europe. He writes and teaches on eGovernment Information Systems, Interoperability and Standardization, eParticipation and Government Transformation in NTUA and the University of Aegean, in Samos.

• Foreword 1: The Administration View.- Foreword 2: The Research View.- Foreword 3: The Industry View.- PREFACE1. An introduction to Open Data.- 2. The Open data global landscape.- 3. The Open Data Life cycle.- 4. An overview of open data policies.- 5. Organisational Issues – how to open up government data?.- 6. Open data interoperability building blocks.- 7. Open data infrastructures.- 8. How to create business with open data ? Open data outside the public sector.- 9. Evaluating open data portals.- 10. Research directions, best practices and guidelines.- APPENDICES.- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES.- INDEX.

Yannis Charalabidis is Assistant Professor in the University of Aegean, in the area of eGovernment Information Systems, while also heading eGovernment & eBusiness Research in the Decision Support Systems Laboratory of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), planning and coordinating high-level policy making, research and pilot application projects for governments and enterprises worldwide. A computer engineer with a PhD in complex information systems, he has been employed for 8 years as an executive director in Singular IT Group, leading software development, corporate strategy and company expansion in Eastern Europe. He writes and teaches on eGovernment Information Systems, Interoperability and Standardization, eParticipation and Government Transformation in NTUA and the University of Aegean, in Samos.

• Foreword 1: The Administration View.- Foreword 2: The Research View.- Foreword 3: The Industry View.- PREFACE1. An introduction to Open Data.- 2. The Open data global landscape.- 3. The Open Data Life cycle.- 4. An overview of open data policies.- 5. Organisational Issues – how to open up government data?.- 6. Open data interoperability building blocks.- 7. Open data infrastructures.- 8. How to create business with open data ? Open data outside the public sector.- 9. Evaluating open data portals.- 10. Research directions, best practices and guidelines.- APPENDICES.- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES.- INDEX.