Open government data (OGD) initiatives are an emergent platform research topic. There is little understanding how these platforms are governed for the innovation of services using open data, where the cultivation of an installed base of heterogeneous service innovators can lead to increased usage of OGD. In this paper, we draw on established literature from digital platforms research to investigate how service innovation is cultivated in open government data contexts. We employ a comparative case study of open government data platforms in three leading Latin American cities and draw upon the concept of boundary resources taken from platform theory. Our research generates two key contributions. First, we propose a theoretical model, which explains how an OGD platform owner is able to govern the demand and the supply side of its platform to facilitate the cultivation of a platform ecosystem. Second, we develop contributions to practice in terms of a set of recommendations for governments in emerging countries concerning how to establish and manage a vibrant OGD platform ecosystem.

开放政府数据（OGD）计划是新兴的平台研究主题。人们几乎不了解如何使用开放数据来管理这些平台来进行服务创新，在这种情况下，异构服务创新者的已安装基础的培养会导致OGD的使用增加。在本文中，我们借鉴了数字平台研究中的已有文献，以研究如何在开放的政府数据环境中培育服务创新。我们采用在拉丁美洲三个主要城市中开放政府数据平台的比较案例研究，并从平台理论中借鉴边界资源的概念。我们的研究产生了两个关键贡献。首先，我们提出一个理论模型 这解释了OGD平台所有者如何能够管理其平台的需求和供应方，以促进平台生态系统的培育。其次，我们就针对新兴国家政府的一系列建议（包括如何建立和管理充满活力的OGD平台生态系统）向实践做出贡献。