"The digital portal Europeana has made its dataset of more than 20
million cultural objects available to be used freely by developers,
designers, and other digital innovators. Europeana has released the
metadata under the Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain Dedication,
which means anyone can use the data for any purpose, with no
restrictions. Electronic entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to
create innovative apps and games for tablets and smartphones, in
addition to new Web services and portals. "People often speak about
closing the digital divide and opening up culture to new audiences but
very few can claim such a big contribution to those efforts as
Europeana's shift to creative commons," says the European Commission's
Neelie Kroes. Moreover, the move means Europeana's dataset can be used
in Linked Open Data developments, and could potentially bring together
data from Europe's leading libraries, museums, and archives with data
from sectors such as tourism and broadcasting. "This is the world's
premier cultural dataset, and the decision to open it up for reuse is
bold and forward looking--it recognizes the important potential for
innovation that access to digital data provides," says Europeana
executive director Jill Cousins." - ACM News
http://technews.acm.org/archives.cfm?fo=2012-09-sep/sep-19-2012.htmlhttp://pro.europeana.eu/web/guest/press-release?p_p_id=itemsindexportlet_WAR_europeanaportlet_INSTANCE_8k5F&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=5&_itemsindexportlet_WAR_europeanaportlet_INSTANCE_8k5F_itemId=1284453&_itemsindexportlet_WAR_europeanaportlet_INSTANCE_8k5F_javax.portlet.action=setItemId-Glen Newton
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