If you were on this list back in 2008, you might remember long debates
about the European Digital Library and whether it would provide access
to the content it had collated through APIs... a few years later,
Europeana was holding hack days to test its APIs and providing access
to the data for selected partners... and finally, now, the data is
available to all.
There's more information available on the Press Release: 'Europeana’s
huge cultural dataset opens for re-use' http://bit.ly/OqfWZL but
here's a short quote:
"For the first time, the metadata is released under the Creative
Commons CC0 Public Domain Dedication, meaning that anyone can use the
data for any purpose - creative, educational, commercial - with no
restrictions. This release, which is by far the largest one-time
dedication of cultural data to the public domain using CC0 offers a
new boost to the digital economy, providing electronic entrepreneurs
with opportunities to create innovative apps and games for tablets and
smartphones and to create new web services and portals."
I'm really curious to know to what extent this will 'drive growth
through digital innovation' or encourage people to create new ways to
explore and experience the data...
Cheers, Mia
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