open discovery¶ten/open discovery.pdf · the problem of the yellow milkmaid. 94684ff90dc5
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http://discovery.ac.uk
an initiative to improve resource discovery by establishing a clear set of principles and practices for the publication and aggregation of open, reusable, metadata
“Life is like a box of chocolates”
“Life is like a box of chocolates”Library data
http://www.flickr.com/photos/withassociates
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25414047@N00/56560796 20/
Openly Licensed
“people simply didn’t believe the postcards in our museum shop were
showing the original painting”
The Problem of the Yellow Milkmaid
http://pro.europeana.eu/documents/858566/2cbf1f78-e036-4088-af25- 94684ff90dc5
http://www.amazon.co.u k
Openly Accessible
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tawheedmanzoor /
http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2012/03/api-design-is- ui-for-developers/
“Yes, you love XML. Guess what? I don’t!”
“Yes, you love XML. Guess what? I don’t!”
MARC
http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2012/03/api-design-is- ui-for-developers/
“It’s the API designer’s job to make life easy for developers”
Openly Discoverable
http://www.flickr.com/photos/halighalie/
http://www.flickr.com/
Openly Connected
http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/author/alain- matthes/
Gibson, William, 1948-
Gibson, William, 1948-
Gibson, William, 1948-2008Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
http://librishelp.libris.kb.se/help/tech_eng.jsp?open=t ech
“internal use of APIs is going to have the largest impact for most businesses”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2011/12/15 /explaining-the-api-revolution-to-your-ceo
“We built APIs to simplify internal apps, open data is just a happy fallout.”
http://twitter.com/#!/jacksonj04/status/1831230864916 60289
http://www.version1.europeana.eu/web/api/hack4eur ope
http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2011/07/compose- yourself/
iTunes App Store
Actions• Consider what ‘friction’ there is for
others wishing to use your data
• Start to exploit the APIs for your own purposes
• Engage with developers - ask them what they want, and find out what they can do
Eat chocolate; Share chocolate
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