open data in the cultural sector: cultural heritage data in europeana
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Paul Keller
20 october 2011, Bruxelles
Open Data in the cultural sector: Cultural heritage data in Europeana
Single point of access to Europe’s digital heritage
Europeana Strategic Plan 2011 - 2015
Leading by example: Setting standards for open cultural heritage data
Cultural heritage data in Europeana
Europeana aggregates metadata and previews relating to more than 20M digital objectsThis collection of data is used to provide access to the digital objects that are made available online by cultural and scientific heritage institutions all over EuropeIn order to achieve the our strategic objectives we need to be able to publish the data through a variety of channels (website, APIs, as Linked open Data) Rights now the conditions under which the data provided to Europeana can be used are relatively restrictive (similar to a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike license)
We cannot publish Europeana data as LOD-thus, we are not able to make full use of the semantic potential of the web
Our API can’t be used on partners’ sites that include some commercial activity
We can’t allow the use of our API by commercial companies - ones that could generate income for our partners
We can’t share our data with Wikipedia as all information posted there needs to be available also for commercial re-use
Consultation: Risks identified
Consultation: Rewards identified
Conclusion of the consultation:
Benefits of open sharing and open distribution outweigh the risks of open sharing and open distributionEuropeana will remove all restrictions (including the one on commercial use) from the next version of its data exchange agreement so that data can be published under CC0Europeana will publish guidelines for metadata reuse that address issues of attribution and data quality.Transition period from the current situation to the full implementation of the new approach between September 2011 and June 2012
New Europeana Data Exchange Agreement
Metadata related to the digitised objects produced by the cultural institutions should be widely and freely available for re-use. (Key reccomendation, p.5)
What next? Open content from cultural heritage institutions
Open content in Europeana
The majority of content in Europeana is constituted by material in the Public Domain. This material should be labeled accordingly to encourage re-use.With regards to Public Domain material we need to improve compliance with the Europeana Public Domain Charter With regards to material where the copyright is owned by the contributing cultural heritage institutions we will start to promote the use of Creative Commons licenses
We need to improve rights clearance mechanisms so that more content can come online (e.g Extended Collective Licensing)
Cultural information in the light of the review of the PSI directive
Cultural heritage Data as PSI?
Metadata produced by publicly funded cultural heritage institutions should be considered to be Public Sector Information and should be included in the scope of an improved PSI directive.With content the picture is more difficult.
Content that is free from rights (Public Domain) or where the rights are owned by publicly funded institutions should also be included All other content does not qualify as public sector information (even if it is held by publicly funded cultural heritage institutions).
