Data interoperability and the governance of public value

Data interoperability—or standardized data sharing and use across organizational boundaries—is central to the production of value from big data. Using emerging health data regulations in the United States as a case study, this commentary demonstrates the importance of interoperability as a fulcrum in the governance of data-driven value production in the platform economy. Specifically, I explore how data governance of interoperability data governance: (1) is a foundational enabler of value production from data; (2) shapes processes of value production toward particular ends; and (3) intervenes in the accumulation of power through data.