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INFOMEDIARIES Research questions (WHAT is an infomediary? (Current: Who…
INFOMEDIARIES
Research questions
WHAT is an infomediary?
Past:
What concepts have been tried out or proposed in earlier?
90's infomediaries
Current:
Who is doing it now and how?
PIMS
GAFA
Big but traditional (like Telefonica)
Related tools like add-block, task automation, assistants, etc.
Future:
What could be potential in the future?
:star:
Our definition:
What are the principles and criteria which define our understanding of a
potential and beneficial infomediary
?
WHY infomediaries would be needed or useful?
Needs:
What problems infomediaries are solving and to whom?
Functionalities:
What functionalities infomediaries could offer?
What could become possible (that is not currently possible) with infomediaries?
What could be come easier, cheaper, faster or more efficient with infomediaries?
Value propositions:
What are the value propositions of infomediaries to different roles in the personal data sharing ecosystem (to people, to data sources, to data using services) and to other infomediaries in the same network)?
Alternatives:
Are mediating organisations needed in personal information economy?
What other options there would be to create same functionalities and solve the same problems?
Negative impact:
What unintended or negative impacts infomediaries could have and to whom?
Who loses because of infomediaries?
Are the functionalities of infomediaries socially beneficial?
:star:
Our definition:
What should be the goals of a infomediary so that it brings positive value to society and avoids negative impacts?
HOW infomediaries could evolve?
Business models:
What could be possible sustainable business models? (see functionalities and value propositions --> how to monetise these?)
Bootstrapping:
How infomediaries market can be initiated?
What different roll-out strategies infomediaries may have?
Is government support or intervention needed?
Why earlier attempts have not succeeded, why we don't have infomediaries yet?
Players:
Who could take the infomediary role?
Start-ups like PIMS
Government established infra (compare to X-road)
Existing certificate authorities
GAFA
Established traditional big players
Banks
Telecom operators
Citizen owned cooperatives
Competition:
Who is competing with the potential infomediaries and how?