Managing channels in an open data ecosystem

An apparatus, comprising:

• a computer processing device to:
• provide one or more graphical user interfaces to a first user of an open data ecosystem, wherein:
• the open data ecosystem comprises a plurality of public channels and a plurality of private channels;
• and
• users of the open data ecosystem are able to receive messages on each of the plurality of public channels;
• receive first user input indicating channel configuration information from the first user via the one or more graphical user interfaces;
• and
• configure one or more channels of the plurality of public channels or the plurality of private channels based on the channel configuration information received from the first user via the one or more graphical user interfaces.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instruction stored thereon that, when executed by a computer processing device, cause the computer processing device to:

• provide one or more graphical user interfaces to a first user of an open data ecosystem, wherein:
• the open data ecosystem comprises a plurality of public channels and a plurality of private channels;
• and
• users of the open data ecosystem are able to receive messages on each of the plurality of public channels;
• receive first user input indicating channel configuration information from the first user via the one or more graphical user interfaces;
• and
• configure, by the computer processing device, one or more channels of the plurality of public channels or the plurality of private channels based on the channel configuration information received from the first user via the one or more graphical user interfaces.