Open government data from a legal perspective: An AI-driven systematic literature review

While the applicable legal framework is often identified as one of the key factors in the success or failure of open government data (OGD), the concrete impact of 'OGD law' on actual practices of OGD is often overlooked or hardly addressed in-depth. This contribution therefore aims to disentangle this legal impact based on an AI -driven systematic literature review combining legal and public administration (PA) publications. First, the re-view shows that OGD law has many faces and cannot be reduced to one single piece of 'OGD legislation'. Instead, OGD law covers a wide range of topics, dealing with access to information, re-use of information, and conflicting interests (e.g. privacy or copyright). Secondly, the article identifies three main dimensions that structure the assessment of the impact of OGD law on OGD practices: topics of OGD law, sources of OGD law, and levels of OGD law. Finally, the review shows that there is no clear and univocal evidence to answer the question of what regulatory constellation is successful in fostering OGD practices and what is not, partly due to a lack of available empirical research. At the same time, the literature reveals some promising avenues for future research on OGD law in action.