Presentation at a seminar on linked data and art museums at the Smithsonian Institute, April 29 2013.
Other presentations at http://lodlam.net/2013/05/07/linked-open-data-in-art/
3. Europeana’s vision and mission
Europeana is a catalyst for change in the world of
cultural heritage.
Our vision: We believe in making cultural heritage openly
accessible in a digital way, to promote the exchange of ideas
and information.
4. Strategic Plan
Engage – We cultivate new ways
for people to participate in their
cultural heritage
Aggregate – We are building the open,
trusted source for European cultural content
Facilitate – We support the cultural
heritage sector through knowledge
transfer, innovation and advocacy
Distribute – We make heritage available to
people wherever they are, whenever they
want it
5. Europeana.eu, Europe’s cultural heritage portal
Museums
National Aggregators
Regional Aggregators
Archives
Thematic collections
Libraries
26M objects from 2,200 European galleries, museums, archives and libraries
6. What types of objects does Europeana gives access to?
Text Image Video Sound 3D
7. Aggregating museum data
Individual museums may provide data directly, but the
vast majority goes/went through vast aggregators
EuropeanaLocal
ATHENA
Linked Heritage
various national aggregators
13. How do users access Europeana
content?
Europeana aims to provide content in the users’ workflow –
where they want it, when they want it.
Europeana.eu portal
Project portals/exhibitions
Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest)…
Websites and apps using Europeana data independently
14. Europeana’s as infrastructure open for re-use
Europeana data available via
API
Search widgets
Semantic mark-up (schema.org) on portal
Linked Open Data pilot
http://pro.europeana.eu/api
http://data.europeana.eu
The Strategic Plan 2011-2015 separates activity into four tracks. The Strategic Plan isn’t just a high level document, it translates to the work we carry out on a day-to-day basis and to each individual’s responsibilities. Aggregate: source content (increasing diversity); expand the network; improve data quality Facilitate: Strengthen advocacy (e.g. defend public domain); share knowledge among heritage professionals; foster research & development Distribute: Develop partnerships to deliver content in new ways, upgrade portal, put content in users’ workflow Engage: Enhance users’ experience; extend social media presence; broker new user/curator relationships (e.g. Europeana 1914-1918 UGC)
At a working level, we operate in a network of aggregators. We can’t work directly with 2,200 organisations, so we rely on aggregators to collect data, harmonise it, and deliver to Europeana. Aggregators are important because they share a background with the organisations whose content they bring together, so there is close understanding. The aggregation model enables Europeana to collect huge quantities of data from thousands of providers, through only a handful of channels.
Les Miserables: Victor Hugo’s handwritten manuscripts: http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/9200103/5372912AF66AB529E188218BC1F747E75EB1A18F.html BnF, public domain Matisse ‘53 in the form of a double helix’ http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/9200104/F8D60AB9136C8A59B59DF1CFEC278A6CABA8B0C6.html The Wellcome Library (CC-BY-NC-ND) ‘ söprűtánc ’ – Hungarian traditional dance http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/08901/E1A7B01BE4AED87FD239672F4F3941F52262D6B2.html Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute for Musicology, public domain ‘ Neurologico reggae’ Music album http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/08901/ADC241BCBF8470988DBA6EEAFCF13F14D88E5534.html DISMARC – EuropeanaConnect Paid Access ‘ Castle of Kavala’ 3D exploration of a Greek castle http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020703/05607B24D15BD516EE2B765F74CDA39C7427F7FB.html Cultural and Educational Technology Institute - Research Centre Athen CARARE CC-BY-NC-ND
Example used is: http://preview.europeana.eu/portal/record/90402/174D436CF5C61F8AA999090C98DA48B9C7024087.html Een vrouw met een kind in een kelderkamer by Pieter de Hooch, Rijksmuseum, public domain
Poisonous nature exhibition includes content from Europeana, http://poisonousnature.biodiversityexhibition.com/ Europeana Fashion portal will go live in May 2013
Data is available as ‘data dumps’ for Linked Open Data initiatives from data.europeana.eu. Europeana's move to CC0 is a step change in open data access. Releasing data from across the memory organisations of every EU country sets an important new international precedent, a decisive move away from the world of closed and controlled data. Note that previews can only be used in accordance with the rights information displayed next to them. HISPANA and Partage Plus both use the Europeana API to include Europeana search results on their own websites
Practical examples of our support for innovation We are particularly interested in developing apps and other services around cultural tourism and education This one is a geolocation app – you take a picture of a site or monument today, and using the geolocation co-ordinates, it can bring up earlier pictures held in the Euroepana database