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Jill Cousins

OKFN Workshop, London, November 24,2011

The problem of the Yellow Milkmaid

Europeana exists to create access to cultural heritage for

all

Why is open content / data importantWhat are we advocating and doing

Build the trusted source for cultural heritage

AGGREGATE

Expand the networkSource content

Improve data quality

Make heritage available wherever users are whenever they want it

DISTRIBUTE

Upgrade portalDevelop partnerships

Put content in users’ workflow

Conclusion of the workshops

Benefits of open sharing and open distribution outweigh the risks

But recommends 3 areas to be addressed:

• Spill over effects

• Loss of Attribution

• Loss of Potential Income

•New Data Exchange Agreement for

METADATA = CC0

•Individual meetings with providers

•Lots of workshops

•Consultations & surveys with network

CC0 Universal Public Domain

Published 20

September 2011

Where are we now?

Have adopted the DEA

•CENL – British Library & all European National Libraries

•EU Screen – EU Broadcasters

•Hispana•German Digital Library•Finnish Digital Library•thinkMotion•European Film Gateway•Rijksmuseum•National Archiefto name but some of the sign- ups to date

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‘The Milkmaid’, one of Johannes Vermeer's most famous pieces, depicts a scene of a woman quietly pouring milk into a bowl.

During a survey the Rijksmuseum discovered that there were over 10,000 copies of the image on the internet—mostly poor, yellowish reproductions1. As a result of all of these low-quality copies on the web, according to the Rijksmuseum, “people simply didn’t believe

the postcards in our museum shop were showing the original painting. This was the trigger for us to put high-resolution images

of the original work with open metadata on the web ourselves. Opening up our data is our best defence against the ‘yellow

Milkmaid’.”

End User

•http://version1.europeana.eu/web/europeana-project/whitepapers

THANK YOUJil

l.Cou

sins

@kb

.nl

API

Rights Field Campaign

Policy – Public Domain

Public Domain Charter

Public Domain Usage Guide

Public Domain

Mark

Image: Bob Jagensdorf, http://flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/, CC-BY

Break down the walls

End User

Access to Cultural Heritage

The Business

Model

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Workshop: assessing monetary & reputational use of metadata to organisation

•Established 3 types of business models in metadata handling:

•Key activity

•Public mission of institution

•Value proposition

Metadata as a key activity

Metadata created by organisation and made

available to public – Government is client who also fund the organisation

Metadata as a key resource

Metadata becomes a resource to maximise

revenues – indirect revenue stream

Metadata as a core value propostion

Value proposition to a distinct user group who

pay for the service

Conclusion of the workshop

Benefits of open sharing and open distribution outweigh the risks

But recommends 3 areas to be addressed:

• Spill over effects

• Loss of Attribution

• Loss of Potential Income