Big data and open data: what's what and why does it matter?
   big data into open data it's especially powerful
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   Big data and the new phenomenon open data are closely related but
   While big data is defined by size, open data is defined by its use. Big
   technology: today's big data may not seem so big in a few years when
The relationship between big data and open data
   Venn diagram showing the relationship between big data and open data
   This Venn diagram maps the relationship between big data and open data,
   Big data that's not open is not democratic: Section one of the diagram
   includes all kinds of big data that is kept from the public – like the
   data like that collected by the NSA. This kind of big data gives an
   us. It's this kind of big data that has become most controversial.
   Open data doesn't have to be big data to matter: Modest amounts of
   model. Other researchers are using big data collected from social media
   But, when the government turns big data into open data, it's especially
   businesses on open government data, and much of that data is big data
   Applying open data principles to big data can help solve some of the
   difficult issues that big data has raised. The biggest threat to public
   used as big data in ways the subjects of the data – namely, all of us –
   Both big data and open data can transform business, government, and
   society – and a combination of the two is especially potent. Big data
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