Data box:a novel data model for self-governing openness of data

Abstract

Self-governing openness of data makes that users can download or upload data to their applications to use data.However,there exist two key issues.Firstly,how to know the contents of the data.Secondly,how to organize data to fit the users’ applications feasibly and manage data conveniently.A novel data model namely data box was presented,the elements of data box and operating system structure were introduced,and the implementation of the data model was illustrated.

Keywords

• open data;data sharing;self-governing openness of data;data model