From Portals to platforms
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This document discusses the evolution of Trove from a portal with 5 million resources and 1 API to a platform with 360 million resources and 4 APIs. It references quotes about infrastructure that is ubiquitous like streets and sidewalks, and how a platform gains value from unexpected uses. Statistics are provided on Trove lists with thousands of users, lists, and items.
From Portals to platforms
- 1. From portals to platforms Tim Sherratt (@wragge) Trove Manager 1 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 2. 5 million resources 1 API 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 3. 29 million resources 1 API 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 4. 26 million resources 1 API 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 5. 300 million resources 1 API 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 6. 360 million resources 4 APIs 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 9. ‘infrastructure that is as ubiquitous and persistent as the streets and sidewalks of a town’ — David Weinberger 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 10. ‘a platform gains value the less can be predicted about what will be built with it’ — David Weinberger 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 16. ‘exhaustibles’ versus ‘possibility engines’ — Sebastian Deterding 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 17. all Trove lists •5796 users •27911 lists •444819 items 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 18. all Trove lists http://voyant-tools.org/tool/Cirrus/?corpus=1379486510033.189 3 Sunday, 20 October 13
- 20. 1 Sunday, 20 October 13