BBC throws weight behind open data movement - Telegraph

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-11-27

Summary:

"The agreements will enable closer collaboration between the BBC and each of the four organisations on a range of mutual interests, including the release of structured open data and the use of open standards in web development, according to the BBC. One aim of the agreement is to give clear technical standards and models to organisations who want to work with the BBC, and give those using the internet a deeper understanding of the technologies involved. The MoUs also bring together several existing areas of research and provide a framework to explore future opportunities. Through this and other initiatives, the BBC hopes to become a catalyst for open innovation by publishing clear technical standards, models, expertise and – where feasible – data. The BBC has been publishing linked open data for some time, most notably as part of the /programmes service, where machine-readable information about the programme schedule is made available online. It also helped to deliver the Olympics Data Service, which underpinned 10,490 athlete pages on the BBC sport website during the 2012 Olympics."

Link:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10472903/BBC-throws-weight-behind-open-data-movement.html

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Date tagged:

11/27/2013, 09:19

Date published:

11/27/2013, 04:19