Abstract:

This article traces the background of the concept through literature research and finds that the emergence of the concept of “data resources” is not solely driven by policy discourse, and the successful commercialization of big data and artificial intelligence algorithm technology is the direct cause of its emergence. At the same time, from a linguistic perspective, the development of informatics and information sociology has led to semantic borrowing between similar concepts. Concepts such as “information resources” and “assets” have had an important impact on the formation of the concept of “data resources”. Ultimately driven by the joint drive of commercial value and policy value, the concept of “data resources” was born. At the end of 2004, the National Data Administration first defined this concept from the perspective of “value” and attempted to use “marketization” as a breakthrough point to concretize the complex and abstract concept of “data resources” by gathering value practices from all parties. Thus, the development of the concept of “data resources” entered a new stage of value practice.

Key words: big data, informatics, information sociology, linguistics, data resources