It looks like the BBC is quietly responding to the shifts that are ongoing across the Internet and adding its own, not inconsiderable, presence to the 'web of data' with the appearance of backstage.bbc.co.uk - the beebs new developer network which has been designed to encourage innovation and support talent by allowing access to feeds (and following soon APIs) for remxing and repurposing content. The site was not exactly launched in a blaze of fireworks (there were a few choice words from Ben Hammersley) and so far not much visible activity from the developers as yet but this promises to become one of those sites to watch. And if the supertanker that is the BBC can be this agile then whatever next?

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