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Linked Open Data and Open Plaques
I’ve been quietly exploring the Linked Data world for some time, and thinking about how cultural heritage information might play in that space. On the face of it, we don’t have the type of information which is readily expressed as … Continue reading
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Tagged British Museum, cultural data, cultural heritage, dbpedia, digital heritage, glam, linked data, linked open data, lod, lodlam, open data, RDF, semantic web, xml
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Digital co-op treasure hunt maps Manchester’s history
Open Plaques resources are explicitly geared for re-use by others, taking on new forms beyond the main website in related apps and ebooks. This was taken a step further when our (current) list of 145 plaques in Manchester was brought … Continue reading
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Building the Web of Meaning
During and since the Open Plaques Open Day, Tom Morris has been building in RDF features into our site. I knew that this is all about linking up Open Plaques to Freebase and other online databases, but I didn’t quite … Continue reading