Nå nedlagte/ut-fisjonerte ABM-utvikling publiserte i høst en rapport som anbefales for alle som er opptatt av koblingen mellom kultur, semantisk webteknologi og linked data. Forfatter er Robert Engels. Ved siden av å forklare hvordan arkiv, biblioteker og museum kan spre kulturarven langt mer effektivt ved bruk av semantisk teknologi, inneholder rapporten også mange gode eksempler og tips. Blant dem er Evri, en portal som viser noe av potensialet i den semantiske tilnærmingen. Eksempel — se hvordan Evri kobler sammen kilder til informasjon om Edvard Grieg.
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Remix culture
Right Wing Radio Duck, also on Open Culture’s 2010 Best of-list.
Fans of the permalink unite
Sometimes forgetting is useful and necessary, but in web publishing the default option should be “never forget”. Unfortunately lots of big and resourceful organizations such as newspapers and public sector agencies rate among the worst when it comes to allowing link rot. So I was glad to see that at least The Guardian knows the value of the everlasting permalink. I know there are others on our side out there, such as The New York Times and Spiegel. In fact, all those could help the cause of the permalink by explaining what they gain financially from their open web archives. What is most difficult to understand about link rot is that it reduces the value of those archives. Who would want that?
In the meantime, we just have to conclude that it’s fairly simple to keep links working when switching systems, even simple bloggers can manage with a little help from their friends (link in Norwegian).