Adoption

The success of an open data standard rests on its adoption. A standard with no users is hardly a standard at all. However, depending on the nature of a standard, there may be different approaches to successful adoption.

This section considers the adoption curve, different kinds of adopters, and different strategies to support adoption.

• Adoption in theory and practice
  • Identifying adoption goals
  • Pioneers, Settlers and Town Planners
  • Adoption and development: the second curve
  • Adoption models: self-service or supported
• The adoption journey
  • Commit
  • Map
  • Build
  • Evaluate
• The helpdesk model
  • Why?
  • What?
  • Examples