links for 2008-08-28

Making a show into a database: "We created a data model that represented what we thought was important in The Archers [a BBC Radio soap opera] – including scenes, characters, character relationships (such as marriages or parent-child), locations, storylines and tags." (via palewire)

Holovaty and company expand their local data aggregator to include the city of Los Angeles (and some data for the rest of L.A. County): "…fresh updates of nearby fire alerts, restaurant inspections and media coverage and more."