A ‘data ecosystem’ (or ‘data-driven digital ecosystem’) is where a number of actors interact with each other and their environment for a specific purpose, generating value from the network by producing, exchanging and consuming data in a collectively governed and operated way.

Many data ecosystems involve spatial data. Typically, where spatial data is used, the data ecosystems combine spatial data with other data, include both static and dynamic spatial data, and embrace both ‘raw’ data and ‘interpretations’ based on the raw data.

See also, the concept of a ‘data-driven business ecosystem’ in International Data Spaces Association Reference Architecture Model.

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