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use in new and creative ways by releasing content as open data.  </p><h2>What is open data?</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data">Open data</a> is a term used to describe any data or content that can be freely used by anyone, and modified, remixed and reused for any purpose.</p><p>As part of our open data program, we are making available metadata – the descriptions we create when we add an item to our catalogue (for example, the creator's name, the item size or date it was created) – under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence</a>, as well as links to the relevant digitised images. These images are of collection items that are in the public domain and not subject to copyright, or digitised images of works where the Library owns the copyright. 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hashtags #slvdata and #opendata in your social channels.</p></div><div class="row js-block-equal"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a href="https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/melbourne-and-metropolitan-hotels-pubs-and-publicans" class="center-block cta--single-link__link"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/styles/feature_tiles/public/opendata-publicbar.jpg?itok=eqnrznkE" width="262" height="177" alt="Victorian gentlemen at a pub" title="Open data - public bar" /><section class="cta__body body-color__border-top"><h1 class="cta__title">Melbourne and metropolitan hotels, pubs and publicans</h1><p>Historical information about hotels, licensees and publicans in the Melbourne and metropolitan area.</p></section></a></div></div> </article></div><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3"> <article class="cta cta--single-link "><div><div><a 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