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# Open data in the arts
- URL: https://werd.io/open-data-in-the-arts/
- Published: 2010-12-03T13:41:40.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:00:49.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: Data control, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, Edinburgh Festivals, Software development, arts, edinburgh festivals, festivals, open data, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

I’m in New York this week for a whirlwind series of meetings with Team Latakoo, but I wanted to draw a little attention to the [introduction to open data in the arts](http://www.festivalslab.com/open-data-in-the-arts-an-introduction) I wrote over on the [festivalslab blog](http://festivalslab.com) before I got here:

> Open data sounds like a much more techie concept than it really is. It's really a way to let third parties plug into and spread your organization's information, in a way that you control, and allows them to create publications, products and services that you don't have the time, resources or inclination to develop or maintain. You become the centre of a creative ecosystem - something arts organizations, and especially festivals - are already brilliant at. It's a perfect fit.

[You can read the whole thing over here.](http://www.festivalslab.com/open-data-in-the-arts-an-introduction)