Guardian launches Open Platform tool to make online content available free
March 10, 2009 //
The Guardian today launched Open Platform, a service that will allow partners to reuse guardian.co.uk content and data for free and weave it “into the fabric of the internet”.
Open Platform launched with two separate content-sharing services, which will allow users to build their own applications in return for carrying Guardian advertising.
A content application programming interface (API) will smooth the way for web developers to build applications and services using Guardian content, while a Data Store will contain datasets curated by Guardian editors and open for others to use.
The Guardian yet again pushing the boundaries for traditional publishers by moving further into the field of becoming a media owner. I don’t think there’s value in content per say - the value comes from eyeballs looking at the content - so this has got to be a great move for both the Guardian and the Internet. Let’s hope more publishers do the same.
Read the entire article on the Guardian Web site - I wouldn’t publish the whole article personally as I wouldn’t want their advertising on my Web site.
Source: Milo Yiannopoulos on Twitter.
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Paul,
Greetings from Glanmire Cork. I'm one of your twitter followers, who can't figure out how to let you know via twitter that I'd like to have your press release and to be included in such future releases. Please
March 11th, 2009
Hi Paul, thanks for asking. Why not pop me an email paulatsegala.com and I'll send it to you
March 11th, 2009
Hello Paul. My technical understanding of all this is rudimentary but the article explains it well, and it seems like an interesting and potentially very useful development. If the property mantra is “location, location, location”, the internet one could be “integration, …”! It's a smart move by the Guardian.
I notice that the article mentioned OpenStreetMap, which I've been looking at as a possible option in creating a cycling map.
March 13th, 2009