The Smithsonian is taking a major step in providing access to their collections beyond their walls. Having had internal data sharing between the 30-odd Smithsonian institutions for years, they are now publishing that data in LOD format. This will allow collaboration between other organizations and the public. Technical references: Data connection: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/lod/about/ References: Slide show: http://www.slideshare.net/szeke/2013-0528eswcsaammp4ppsx Technical paper: http://www.isi.edu/~szekely/contents/papers/2013/eswc-2013-saam.pdf […]