Presentation of conclusions of pre-event "Open Data and Culture" at the Data +Culture session at IODC16 (Madrid). 06/10/2016

1. Open data and reuse: Issues and
challenges for cultural institutions.
Conclusions of the pre-event Open
Data and Culture Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid
5th October 2016

2. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is a Spanish state foundation museum.
800 works of art, mainly paintings since 1993 part of Spain’s heritage
Since 1998 with website and involved in different IT projects
A cultural public institution faces challenge: open data and reuse
Participation in Europeana: the museum dataset
directly published and mapped to standards

3. The Museum online
Digital strategy
+ Visitors + Customer bonding
+ Engagement
+ Income
Main goals
To reach this
goals the
digital strategy
should be
sustained on 5
key pillars. Digital
conversion
Digital
contentsand
services
Dataanalytics
CRMandMKT
automation
Digital
advertising

4. Museumweb
Museothyssen.org
OnlineShop
Tienda.museothyssen.or
g
Digital advertising
Data analytics/business intelligence
CRM and Marketing automation
Educationalsite
Educathyssen.org
OnlineTicketing
Entradas.museothyssen.org
Open/Linked Data
Appsanddigital
publications
The Museum online
On-going Projects

5. 2015-6: Linked data consultancy to model museum collection data
with LD standards
2016: Two-days training session PSI reuse & Open Data
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza: open data and reuse

6. Pre-event Open Data and Culture
#culturaenabierto

10. Shared Key ideas
• Online content availability is not enough to claim
an open data policy
• Open data and PSI reuse are not the same.
• Not all cultural data can be made into Open data
• Open data is the result of strategic, legal, technical
and operational decisions within cultural institutions
• GLAM sector has different different data description
standards (libraries, archives, museums…and other
memory institutions)

11. Discussion topics
• Cultural open data
o What can be considered raw data?
• Open access as an alternative for open data:
copyrighted material, non-commercial use, non-
transformative use
• Funding
o Not taken for granted when applying open data policies in countries
where cultural institutions rely only on State budget (vs. Anglo-saxon
countries and North-European with more varied funding sources)

12. Conclusions
• Cultural sector requires an specific/tailored
application of the common principles of Open
Data
• Open data is the way forward for cultural sector to
be relevant

13. Cultural data and International Data Charter: suggestions
INTERNATIONAL OPEN DATA
CHARTER
CULTURAL DATA
COMPLIES..
YES BUT….
Open by default Raw data: still to be agreed IPR issues with digital representations
Timely and Comprehensive Strategy to Prioritize
Requires data curation to assure quality of data
holdings
Data Disaggregation is not always possible
Accesible and usable Easily discoverable and accessible for end users in
cultural institutions websites
Identify and understand user needs and
promote open data use within cultural
institutions
Data curators need to be incorporated into
cultural institutions: lack of skills
Comparable and interoperable Consistent core metadata in progress Common standards and interoperability
among cultural sectors require a huge effort
Difficult to compare across geographic
locations and over time due to different
cultural contexts. Important issue of
multilingualism
For improved governance and citizen
engagement
Accountable for cultural policies Promotion of cultural diversity (UNESCO)
For inclusive Development and
innovation
Cultural impact of open data
Cultural institutions should also reap the benefits
Culture for Sustainable Development
(UNESCO)

14. Thank you
More info:
Datosabiertos.sedic.es
#culturaenabierto
Visit www.museothyssen.org
Soon we will be responsive and eventually open, reusable, both ??
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
© VEGAP, Madrid
Credits:
Training course and moderation of pre-event by
César Iglesias. His role has been key to draw these
conclusions
Visual graphics by Elena Urizar