26th November 2013, 07:14 PM
The big problem with any attempt to publish or archive information in any kind of volume, whether online or hard copy, is cost. You can throw out small mounts for nothing or next to nothing, but as soon as you want large amounts of data out there, someone has to pay. Which is fair enough - someone has to provide the web servers, run and maintain them, or provide, maintain and run some physical storage. One way I guess to do it would be to persuade an existing organ or facility to add such a feature to what they provide, covered by their advertising/subscriptions etc. I can't imagine the already hard-pressed museums being keen on it though. They have enough trouble with what they have.