Making the Case for Open and Structured Content

[jpgsa]

There have been a number of questions about making the case for structured content in government organizations and I've curated some articles the working group has written about "making the case" for structured content.

These articles include case studies on developing strategy and selling the approach in your organization.

Strategy
Open and Structured Content Models Workshop Recap
Top 5 Reasons to Use Government-wide Open and Structured Content Models
What Structured Content Can Do For You Webinar Recap
Government Open and Structured Content Models Are Here
Always Future Ready: The Benefits of Open Content Models and Structured Data Webinar
Why the National Cancer Institute Moved to a Structured Content Model

Changing the Conversation in Your Organization
Structured Content in Government: How Department of Health and Human Services and the National Cancer Institute Are Getting Started
The Content Corner: Humanizing Structured Content

You can always find the most recent Open and Structured Content posts at: https://www.digitalgov.gov/tag/open-and-structured-content-models/

[usc-oscar]

This is a great set of resources Jacob, maybe someone should synthesize them into an easy-to-access article...

Also, have we had much discussion around XML vs.JSON and whatever impact that could have on CMS procurement? This and APIs seem to bump against my technical knowledge limits (I think I need to actually build one to understand it), but it could be something for discussion or if there have been any lessons learned.