Public organizations in the role of publishers publish datafor anyone to reuse, which can lead to benets. However, the processdescriptions for this publishing work focus on one or a few issues, whichleaves out important areas and decisions. Little seems to be known aboutvariations between publishers based on one common point of comparison.Therefore, this paper presents a comparison between two publishers:Namur (Belgium) and Linkoping (Sweden). The comparison is based ona process framework, seven in-depth interviews, document studies, anda verication meeting with one respondent. We learned that the OGD manager is an agent of change who need to balance implementation andguidance, the orthodox method of e-mail registration can be used toengage users and monitor impact, the organizational unit for OGD iscross-organizational, and the publisher process framework could be usedas ex-ante strategic guidelines and context-specic recommendations.