The second stage is that once a connection has been established,
how do you enable others to use this information?
Museums in particular, and collecting institutions in general,
must consider this important question. Museums see their
role as broadcasters, institutions that provide the public with
definitive and authoritative statements about the objects they
hold, often casting the public as a consumer. Further use must
be a central concern of howmuseums engage with other users
of our information.