open data: trends and practice within cultural heritage. aka, the good, the bad, and the...
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Open Data: Trends and Practice within Cultural Heritage
Linked Pasts 2015@mia_out Mia Ridge, Open University
Open Data: Trends and Practice within Cultural Heritage
The good, the bad, and the unstructured...
Linked Pasts 2015@mia_out Mia Ridge, Open University
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/3903175631/
Generalisations ahead
The good...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/4558927034/
...the bad...
'Images not included'
... and the unstructured
Classics > Cultural Heritage?
Not enough time
Not enough skills
'I don't know a single dev - and I know a bunch - who use any of this stuff, or even know about it.'
Putting the 'end' in 'endpoint'
'Provide information as RDF'
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Not enough data
https://www.flickr.com/photos/field_museum_library/10408180463/
Not enough benefits
• Does it help with SEO to make things discoverable?
• Does it help get people through the door?• Is there a clear audience?• Will it save money?• Is there an immediate return on
investment?
No-one's drinking their own champagne
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/11324077634/
Collections systems support
Credit: Richard Light @richardofsussex
The chicken or the egg?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mississippi-dept-of-archives-and-history/13089504213/
http://museum-api.pbworks.com/
Thank you!
Mia Ridge, Open University
https://www.flickr.com/photos/national_library_of_norway/11431547554/