On 12 December 2013 18:45, Richard Light <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In conclusion, I think we need URLs to express information about our domain:
> cultural heritage. For some of these we can use generic services like
> Geonames, but for many aspects we will need to mint and /share/ URL
> frameworks which are specific to our requirements as a community.
Thank you, Richard, for sharing your work* and your conclusions. I
agree - any uses of open cultural data would benefit from an
authoritative set of URLs about relevant people, places, materials,
events and concepts to use as a shared reference. In practical terms,
does anything currently or almost in existence come close to that now?
Or to put it in non-geek terms, how else will computers know which
Jane Seymour was Dr Quinn Medicine Woman, and which was the wife of
Henry VIII? (e.g.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/09/23/google_henry_viii_wives_jane_seymour_reveals_search_engine_s_blind_spots.html
or http://slate.me/1fpw7QM)
And speaking of open cultural data, the British Library have just
released over a million images onto Flickr Commons 'for anyone to use,
remix and repurpose'. http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary Find
out more at 'A million first steps'
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html
(or http://bit.ly/1b1MUV4) They're also running a British Library Labs
2014 Competition with a £3000 prize plus a chance to work on your idea
in ‘residence’ at the Library (more at
http://labs.bl.uk/Unseen+Ilustrations+-+British+Library+Labs+Data+Days
).
Cheers, Mia
* Could you add it to the 'Cool stuff made with cultural heritage
APIs' http://museum-api.pbworks.com/w/page/21933412/Cool%20stuff%20made%20with%20cultural%20heritage%20APIs
page?
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