Lessons in Open Metadata
The recipe? A large public(ish) organisation (TfL) opens its data kimono to developers. Six days later, a group of geeks gather for a hack-day and a thing of beauty is born, the live tube map.
Have a look. It's rather addictive, like watching the download bar on a browser slowly creep across the screen (just me?). Congratulations to Matthew Somerville (@dracos) for hacking this together so quickly.
It's a text-book example of what happens when raw data is opened up and reinforces the good work of the folks at data.gov.uk providing wider access to juicy government data sets.
If metadata is your thing, you might also be interested in a couple of events we've been working on with the Creative Industries KTN to promote the launch of a £5m collaborative metadata R&D competition. There's more info on our site with events taking place in Birmingham, London and Cambridge.
Picture (cc) realSMILEY.
22 June 2010 by Sam Michel
Sam Michel is the founder of Chinwag and blogs here for work, and more randomly at Toodlepip. He runs Chinwag Jobs, Digital Mission and tends to focus on murky place where technology, community and marketing collide. You'll find him on twitter @toodlepip.
Sam Michel is the founder of Chinwag and blogs here for work, and more randomly at Toodlepip. He runs Chinwag Jobs, Digital Mission and tends to focus on murky place where technology, community and marketing collide. You'll find him on twitter @toodlepip.
