I Want To Showcase partners are proud to announce a new initiative that will contribute to the streamlining of the entire live performance value chain.
As of this fall, IWTS is rolling out a new Open Data Policy. This policy gives solo artists, bands and artistic companies the opportunity to transform their IWTS performer profile information into publicly available open data, in partnership with the Artsdata knowledge graph.
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CAPACOA has released an analysis report on information systems for the performing arts industry in Canada. While it marks the conclusion of a project initiated last summer, this report continues the ongoing efforts by CAPACOA and Artsdata partners to promote a data-centric digital transformation focused on open data.
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2023-2024 was a pivotal year for the Artsdata knowledge graph. Following seven years of development, jointly led by multiple partners and parallel initiatives, former projects dia-log and Linked Digital Future have merged with Artsdata (originally stewarded by Crow’s Theatre) to form a new project. Artsdata is still operated outside of a dedicated organizational structure. However, management responsibilities have been formally delegated to CAPACOA by the Artsdata Community Group. This group acts as a governing body, consisting of data providers and data consumers.
Read moreThe Linked Digital Future initiative (LDFI), as we have known it until now, is giving way to an exciting new project, thanks to funding from the Canada Council of the Arts and the Government of Canada’s Canada Cultural Investment Fund and Community Services Recovery Fund. A project that will continue to enhance the discoverability of the performing arts, while growing and strengthening the community surrounding the Artsdata knowledge graph. We call it the Artsdata Linked Open Data Ecosystem.
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Calling all performing arts organizations! You are cordially invited to participate in the newest edition of CAPACOA’s Digital Discoverability Program, as part of the Linked Digital Future Initiative (LDFI) and in support of the Artsdata project.
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The Linked Digital Future initiative was launched in 2018 to promote the discoverability of the live performance sector. After just over four years, has this discoverability challenge remained just as critical? Or has increasingly advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) solved the problem for us?
Read moreIndigenous artists have historically been underrepresented or inaccurately represented in library catalogs and in knowledge sharing platforms such as Wikipedia. The latest report from the Linked Digital Future Initiative addresses this issue in relation to Wikidata, an open knowledge base that is part of the Wikimedia movement.
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Two years ago, the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance (IPAA) and the Canadian Association for the Performing Arts (CAPACOA) set out to undertake an unusual project. Noting the scarcity of information about Indigenous artists in open databases, the two associations saw a gap that had to be filled.
Read moreCAPACOA is thrilled to announce that the LIVE Performing Arts Directory is now (in fact) live!
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2021-2022 was another great year for the Linked Digital Future Initiative.
In spite (or because) of the pandemic, we achieved significant progress in the production of open metadata about named entities in the last year. The number of artists in the Artsdata knowledge graph increased by 108%. The number of organizations, by 163%. And more data population activities are underway to increase the amount of data about places by at least as much. Moreover, we are finally looking forward to shifting the focus back to event metadata now that the sector is fully reopened after two years of running closures.
Metatada means “data about the data”. In the performing arts, metadata can provide useful descriptive information about artists, organizations, venues and performances.
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