Pete
We're ready to share pretty much everything - and have been for a while
- but there's bits we want to share, ready for public consumption, and
bits we don't. I'd like to be there when someone tries to book a B&B
near Framley Museum!
Jon
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Peter Davies
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"Funny how people in this wonky web 2.0 world seem to be taking it upon
themselves to borrow stuff..."
I thought that was the point of Web 2.0 - oh how confuddling it all
gets!
Peter Davies
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Graham
I think you may find it's because the B&B people seem to have hoovered
up some of our database - which includes Framley Museum, of course. We
regard Framley Museum as a beacon of museum sector best practice. Funny
how people in this wonky web 2.0 world seem to be taking it upon
themselves to borrow stuff...
Jon
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Graham Head
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I am so pleased they have the Framley Museum on the list...
Graham Head
The British Museum
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Ottevanger, Jeremy
Sent: 21 February 2007 13:28
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Subject: Re: Landladies, toast and culture
Looks like a case for a semantic approach to me!
This is a mashup inasmuch as it's plotting the data they've collected
onto Google Maps, but it would be a proper mashup if they had taken data
live from museum sources. I'm not sure what out of date info Alasdair
found - all I can see is points plotted onto a map, not even including
the location of the museum/gallery itself - but in any case, if they
could use live data (say a feed from 24HM with museum location, name
etc.) it would be easy for institutions to manage this themselves and
keep that mashup up to date. We can also furnish our own locations and
contact details with microformats, although I know of no service
currently that aggregates these in a way that could be used to feed such
a mashup.
Visit this page http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/english with Mozilla
and Tails and you'll see the contact details and geo-reference for the
location.
On the whole, though, I don't think the B&B thing does any harm, as long
as it isn't showing misleading info (which it isn't for us). So it's all
good exposure and I'm for it.
Jeremy
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Nick
Sent: 21 February 2007 11:24
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Subject: [MCG] Landladies, toast and culture
Dear MCG,
I wonder whether any of you received this morning a message from the
Marketing Manager of bedandbreakfasts.co.uk? (Given that their approach
to online marketing is not dissimilar to aspects of US foreign policy,
it seems quite likely that you will have done).
It concerns their heritage/B&B mashup at:
http://www.bedandbreakfasts.co.uk/museums-and-galleries.asp
As ideas go, it's not half bad, although you might question the
execution (such as listing the whole UK museum sector on one page). Is
anyone out there providing a similar link from their website to B&B or
hotel accommodation near their museum? Do people regard this as a useful
function, or more of a gimmick?
Nick
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