Linked Data on the BBC
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The document discusses the BBC's approach to linked data and its vast array of audio, music, and programming offerings, which include numerous national radio stations and TV channels. It details the evolution of their digital presence since the 1990s, emphasizing user contributions and open data principles to enhance content discoverability and usability. Additionally, it outlines the structural organization of their programming information and linked data principles implemented through the BBC programmes ontology.
Linked Data on the BBC
- 1. Linked Data on the BBC Yves Raimond BBC Future Media & Technology for Audio and Music and Mobile
- 3. 8 National TV Channels
- 4. 10 National Radio Stations
- 5. Nations and Regions ● BBC Radio Scotland, Wales, Ulster, Nan Gaidheal, Cymru ● BBC Radio Berkshire, Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Coventry & Warwickshire, Cumbria, Derby, Devon, Essex, Gloucestershire, Guernsey, Hereford & Worcester, Humberside, Jersey, Kent, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester, Lincolnshire, London, Manchester, Merseyside, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northampton, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Shropshire, Solent, Somerset, Stoke, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Swindon, Tees, Three Counties, Wiltshire, WM, York
- 6. BBC Online bbc.co.uk
- 10. TV since 1930s
- 11. On the web since 1994 http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyedropper/139647993/
- 13. Historically, when it came to promoting our programmes online...
- 14. Hand-crafted, customised sites
- 15. Only some programmes could be covered ...which is a shame because we broadcast between 1,000 and 1,500 programmes a day flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/18768141/
- 19. Cost Expenditure Opportunity
- 20. New Platforms ● Broadcast ● Desktop ● Mobile ● Game consoles ● ...
- 22. bbc.co.uk/programmes one page per programme
- 24. Different systems ● Orpheus ● Proteus ● Information & Archives ● PIPS ● DVB ● Web ● ...
- 26. bbc.co.uk/programmes one page per programme
- 37. Format – TV Documentaries bbc.co.uk/programmes/formats/documentaries
- 38. Format – Documentaries on BBC One bbc.co.uk/programmes/formats/documentaries
- 41. /music ● http://www.bbc.co.uk/music ● The BBC has a long and distinguished track record of bringing music to new audiences, through ● Programmes (e.g. Later with Jools Holland) ● Events (e.g. BBC Proms) ● Networks (e.g. Radio 1) ● /music aims at providing a comprehensive guide to music content available across the BBC
- 44. Built upon Open Data Repositories
- 45. Structured data
- 51. The Web as a Content Management System BBC editorial staff are contributing to MusicBrainz and Wikipedia instead of internal systems
- 52. Scale 455,465 artists 682,473 releases 7,851,093 tracks 31,112 labels
- 55. Encourage users to contribute
- 56. Content from the BBC
- 58. Music Artist profile - content from the BBC
- 76. Benefits
- 77. Usability
- 79. One Thing per Resource ● SEO ● Findability ● Clickability ● Tweetability ● ...
- 80. Our website is the API ● Persistence ● Linked Open Data ● RESTful ● One Web http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/developers http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/developers
- 82. ● Music consumes from Programmes ● Programmes consumes from Music ● Nature consumes from Programmes ● ...
- 84. Linked Data principles ● Use URIs as names for things ● Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names ● When someone look up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards (RDF, SPARQL) ● Include links to other URIs, so that they can discover more things
- 85. Linked Data on the BBC To provide RDF representations for our resource, we developed the BBC Programmes Ontology
- 87. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr.rdf> dcterms:created "2007-05- 18T22:36:41+01:00"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime> ; dcterms:modified "2009-03-20T15:41:03Z"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime> rdfs:label "Description of the brand The Archers" ; foaf:primaryTopic <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr#programme> . <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr#programme> dc:title "The Archers" ; po:genre <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/genres/drama/soaps#genre> ; po:masterbrand <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4#service> ; po:medium_synopsis "Contemporary drama in a rural setting" ; po:short_synopsis "Contemporary drama in a rural setting" ; a po:Brand ; foaf:depiction <http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/images/progbrand/b006qpgr_512_288.jpg> .
- 90. SPARQL Endpoints ● Talis http://api.talis.com/stores/bbc-backstage ● OpenLink http://bbc.openlinksw.com/sparql
- 91. Applications built using BBC feeds ● Internal applications ● e.g. BBC Three TV Listings beta http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tvlistings/ ● External applications ● http://channelography.rattlecentral.com/ ● http://fanhu.bz ● http://testtubetelly.channel4.com/ ● http://uriplay.org/ ● ...
- 92. Music Bore
- 94. Activity data
- 98. Thank you!! ● Patrick Sinclair!! ● Libby Miller ● Tom Scott ● Michael Smethurst ● Matthew Wood ● Nicholas Humfrey ● Paul Rissen