Mike Ellis wrote:
> Have museums won the open data argument with their stakeholders? (and
I
> guess the shadowy question behind that is "if not, why not?")
>
> Be interesting to hear of your experiences / thoughts..
Thanks Mike!
One of the points I'd made on twitter was that museums are probably at
least using machine-readable data, if not actually 'open' data, in their
internal or business-to-business systems - so hopefully the utility of
machine-readable data (web services, APIs, structured data) isn't in
question.
It's also been pointed out that 'drinking your own champagne' - using
your own web services and APIs in building institutional and partnership
projects - is a great way to provide a data service for the public
without much additional effort.
I suspect that the wider case for museums publishing open data - the
case that 'people will use it *and* the museum will benefit' still
hasn't been proven, or proven in the right ways and to the right people.
I'm even wondering whether 'publishing open data is the right thing to
do' is axiomatic among museum technologists.
So I'd also be interested to hear other people's experiences and
thoughts...
cheers, Mia
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