open discovery¶ten/open discovery.pdf · the problem of the yellow milkmaid. 94684ff90dc5

Open Discovery

http://www.flickr.com/photos/timtom/

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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