64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

64th ISI World Statistics Congress - Ottawa, Canada

OpenDOSM: Inculcating the data culture

Abstract

In today's data-driven world, organizations and societies must embrace a data culture to remain competitive and drive positive outcomes. Inculcating a data culture involves creating a shared understanding and appreciation for the value of data and integrating it into the daily practices and decision-making processes of an organization or society. Thus, this presentation paper provides an overview of OpenDOSM NextGen as a platform to inculcate the data culture in Malaysia. It aims to bridge the knowledge gap between the advance and the ordinary users i.e. public at large. Besides, this platform is developed to cater data sharing revolution and to empower the public with data to develop a "data-centric" culture among Malaysians. OpenDOSM NextGen provides two main modern features consist of data catalogue and dashboards. It was developed using open source program where frontend and backend code for web developer shared via GitHub to encourage development of various applications/web among public. In conclusion, OpenDOSM NextGen is a key pillar to develop a strong and sustainable open data ecosystem that promotes innovation, transparency and accountability.

Keywords: “OpenDOSM NextGen”, “data culture”, “open data”, “data sharing”