backstage.bbc.co.uk is the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's early adopter network to encourage participation and support creativity through open innovation.
It was announced in the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's response to the Graf Review of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Online:
"The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will support social innovation by encouraging users' efforts to build sites and projects that meet their needs and those of their communities ... The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will also be committed to using open standards that will enable users to find and re purpose ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ content in more flexible ways" Page 9, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's response to the Graf Report, November 2004 (PDF 183kb).
backstage.bbc.co.uk attempts to encourage and support those who have provided most of the innovation on the internet - the passionate, highly-skilled & public-spirited developers and designers many of whom volunteer their time and effort.
In the past the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has not always encouraged such "amateur innovators", however public-spirited their intentions and products. backstage.bbc.co.uk aims to foster a newly constructive and open dialogue with the wider development community using ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ content and tools to deliver public value.
backstage.bbc.co.uk will provide data, resources and support for users who wish to build prototypes and proofs of concepts using ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ material. We will encourage people both inside and outside the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ to share knowledge, ideas & prototypes with each other.
