Managing and Accessing Open Government Data in the Sultanate of Oman: Omanuna Platform as a Model through Oman Vision 2040: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract

The research aims to demonstrate the importance of open data, as it is considered a relatively modern interest and is also a requirement of great importance for informational and technical development, which is compatible with all modern trends in contemporary information societies, and what the world is witnessing now and the extent of the tremendous development in information technology through the eras of the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolutions. the development of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technologies; Where open data contributes to providing a huge amount of data, which greatly contributes to the access of open data to a large segment of individuals, institutions and all societies at the local and international levels, since it is an important resource for economic growth, societal progress and the creation of new opportunities. The research used the descriptive analytical approach to describe the subject of the study, which is the open government data, with the analysis of the open data available on the Omanuna platform, in an attempt to come up with generalizable results. The research reached a number of results, the importance of making open government data available to Omani citizens in order to share knowledge and achieve transparency through the Omanuna platform.