TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of designing, developing and evaluating a prototype of an open government data (OGD) platform that provided user-centred experiences.Design/methodology/approach Based on the OGD lifecycle, an OGD prototype was created, which involved the system functionality, user interface, standard specification and security mechanism. The main functionalities of the system included data acquisition, data processing and data management. A usability test was conducted following the prototype implementation.Findings The usability test indicated that an OGD platform was desired to help the public to find, access, reuse and share government data effectively and efficiently. Functions, such as visualization, local download and digital watermark should be provided and integrated into the platform.Originality/value This paper provided a complete case study on the design of an OGD platform and a reference for information system developers to design such system in the future. VL - 37 IS - 3 SN - 0264-0473 DO - 10.1108/EL-02-2019-0037 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-02-2019-0037 AU - Huang Ruhua AU - Wang Chunying AU - Zhang Xiaoyu AU - Wu Dan AU - Xie Qingwen PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/01/01 TI - Design, develop and evaluate an open government data platform: a user-centred approach T2 - The Electronic Library PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 550 EP - 562 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -