Abstract:

With the progress in the development of the data factor market, the concept of Data-Commerce-Ecosystem (DCE) has attracted wide attention.However, there has been little discussion on the connotation of DCE as well as its role and responsibilities in the modern-day economy, which hinders the formation of a data trade ecosystem.Possible categories of contemporary data goods, data businessmen, and data commerce, the proposed definitions of said concepts were discussed.Information goods, digital goods, and data goods were incorporated into the concept of data goods.Data businessmen were categorized into three groups based on their different commerce models, which were data suppliers, data service providers, and data commodity traders.Several DCE models were summarized, which were the self-produceand-market model, operation platform agent model, and data marketplace model.These discussions enrich the connotation of DCE and in turn provide theoretical support for the development of the data factor market.

Key words: data goods, data businessman, data commerce, data market, digital economy