http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk/2009/01/22/aggregation-its-what-you-need/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:13:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk/2009/01/22/aggregation-its-what-you-need/#comment-3705 James Grimster Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:42:13 +0000 http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk/?p=48#comment-3705 Regarding scale - it should be noted that in attempting aggregation the data of the museums - and I'm thinking local, volunteer and history society - needs to be in state to interchange at the national level in the first place. Will each local data point have the resources to surface their data in a harvestable format? Or should consideration be made of regional or sub-regional mapping / pre-aggregation support and clustering projects at this point? Regarding scale - it should be noted that in attempting aggregation the data of the museums - and I’m thinking local, volunteer and history society - needs to be in state to interchange at the national level in the first place. Will each local data point have the resources to surface their data in a harvestable format? Or should consideration be made of regional or sub-regional mapping / pre-aggregation support and clustering projects at this point?

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