Building the (Open) Data Ecosystem

"At the current time, the basic model for data processing is a “one way street”. Sources of data, such as government, publish data out into the world, where, (if we are lucky) it is processed by intermediaries such as app creators or analysts, before finally being consumed by end users1. It is a one way street because there is no feedback loop, no sharing of data back to publishers and no sharing between intermediaries. So what should be different? ..."