Flere godter fra BBC Backstage: Arkivkatalog i Rails

Et af projekterne, der er på vej ud af backstages genaile udviklings-sluse, der byder udefrakommende med gode idéer ind i BBC-varmen, ser endog meget lovende ud. Forestil dig åbne DR-arkiver hvor man med et par søgeord kan finde frem til dengang ens bedstemor var i tredive sekunder var i radioen. Projektet skal åbne op for

"a huge (BBC) database that’s been carefully tended by a gang of crack BBC librarians for decades. Nearly a million programmes are catalogued, with descriptions, contributor details and annotations drawn from a wonderfully detailed controlled vocabulary".

Mere her:

Tom Loosemores tanker om BBC i forhold til web 2.0 - hvad skal man som Public Service organ stille op overfor "det semantiske web" opsummeres interessant nok i "Do less":

We've toyed with offering wikipedia-style 'talk' pages for every programme & contributor. We've discussed user ratings, user comments, complex annotation, semi-structured pseudo wikis and worse.And as usual, we've been banging up against the perennial BBC moderation headaches. People expect the BBC to keep a close eye on stuff that appears under the umbrella of its brand. That costs, both in terms of cash and in terms of freedom of expression. Then today, as I nibbled my chips, Matt B nailed the answer. We do nothing.
Or rather, we take pride in publishing Our Great Data. And then we encourage people to build their stuff with our stuff. Mere her.