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“ Publishing real-time event informationto the world ”
Hans Nissens
CultureMondo roundtable 2008Taipei
Online event calendars today
• Event calendar information– Manual collection of event information is expensive
• Information lifetime is short• Huge amount of resources needed
– Automated aggregation of event information barely exists– Impossible for consumers to search for events with Google
(only full text search is possible)
Opportunity for new vertical search engine for events
What we do?
Oxynade is a content and services provider ofevent calendar information,based on highly automated
data aggregation technology
Yearly music festivalDublinFrom 1/10/08 to 5/10/08Exhibition “Monet”Paris
From 10/3/08 to 10/11/08
Fireworks SpectacleBrussels31/12/08 23 PM Art fairLondon16/5/08, 23/5/08
Oxynadedatabase
Thousands of sourcesare monitored around the clock
What we do?
• 3 existing methods:– Editorial staff– Community driven (user generated content, UGC)– Database exchange
Low cost
Fastavailability
High quantity
Highquality
Lowcomplexity
Easy management
Editorial staffUser generated contentDatabase import
Low cost
Fastavailability
High quantity
Highquality
Lowcomplexity
Easy management
Editorial staffUser generated contentDatabase importWeb harvesting
Oxynade introduces:web harvesting– Reduce cost per unit
of information– Low complexity for partners– Very short time to market– High level of completeness– Best balance between
quality & quantity
Cultural sector
• Hans Nissens– CultuurNet: responsible for CultuurDatabank and Cultuurweb.be– Founding member of CultureMondo– Master in Engineering (burg. ir. - University of Ghent)
• Solution for cultural & tourism non-profit sector– Reduce cost (less editorial staff required)– Increase scope to smaller municipalities, smaller events etc.– Short time to market– Provide audience with more complete offering
focus on 3 verticals
Cultural & tourismnon-profit cultural
and tourism agencies…
TravelHotels, travel
booking portals…
Web 2.0 & online mediaCommunity sites,Web 2.0 concepts,
newspapers...
Providing event calendar datato our partners
Challenge 1: content collection and quality of the existing websites
Challenge 2: how to monetize and fund?
Challenge 3: Make content ready for mobile devices
Thank you !
Hans NissensOxynadeCoupure rechts 296, 9000 Gent, BelgiumTel. +32 495 16 68 [email protected]