Open Content

Open Data Commons Open Data Commons- Open Knowledge Foundation project to provides a set of legal tools to help people provide and use open data. Site includes, project information, licences, FAQs,… Freebase Freebase- A collaborative knowledge base built on structured data harvested from many sources, including individual wiki contributions. An API and a database dump are provided for… DataPortability.org DataPortability.org- Aims to consult, design, educate and advocate interoperable data portability to users, developers and vendors. Provides information about the project for user… Rice University's Connexions Rice University's Connexions- Article on the first steps of an experimental, open-source/open content project that will "give a learner... free access to educational materials tha… OpenContent OpenContent- Reason for being: "facilitate the prolific creation of freely available, high-quality, well-maintained Content." Content = everything but software. First Monday - Open Content and Value Creation First Monday - Open Content and Value Creation- Article by Magnus Cedergren discusses models involving the driving forces in a theoretical open content value chain. Drafting the Gift Domain Drafting the Gift Domain- An introduction to IP law as it relates to Open Content (PDF). O'Reilly Open Books Project O'Reilly Open Books Project- Read entire books online which were published under various forms of "open" copyright. Information Research Weblog Information Research Weblog- A forum to exchange information on publications and websites of potential interest to the readers of the journal, Information Research, an open access… Free Curriculum Project Free Curriculum Project- An effort to create a complete K-12 curriculum and set of course materials that are "Free" in the GNU sense. OSCOMAK: Open Source Community On Manufacturing Knowledge OSCOMAK: Open Source Community On Manufacturing Knowledge- Goal: create a distributed global repository of production knowledge of past, present and future processes, materials, p… Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Foundation- International non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the growth and development of free content, multilingual, wiki-based projects, and to providin…