The importance of data management to support open data: case study in Indonesia

Open Data become more and more be applied in many organizations, mainly in government agencies. In one side, open data create many benefits for many parties. But, without supporting by strong Data Management and Governance, Open Data can open many new risk holes. Today, many government agencies in Indonesia take benefits of process automation using sophisticated IT system in their organization. But, most of them never manage and govern their data carefully. All their data and information flow in their organization without supporting of strong data management. This paper will describe relationship analysis between Data Management Functions (from DMBOK) and Characteristic of Open Data that represent by eight Data Principles (Open Government). By this analysis, organization can determine the most important Data Management Function to support Open Data.