A versioned database of open projects, open initiatives and the organisations and individuals behind them. A publicly editable directory and knowledge base of information about these projects and groups. A visual interface to explore and analyse the material.
Related developments include:
Michel [Bauwens] has blogged a bit about the initiative here, and has made an ‘Open’ category on the P2P Foundation wiki - including “descriptions of nearly 400 open concepts and initiatives, a list of open definitions, a directory of podcasts on the topics to learn more (and soon: a directory of video webcasts)”.
We’d love to have a wiki-like registry (like CKAN) with a visual interface for exploring the material - perhaps using something like Prefuse or Processing.
If you have any thoughts - or you’d like to get involved - please get in touch on our discuss list or at info at the OKF domain name!
Comment. This is a great idea. If I can speak for the Open Access Directory, we've been considering something similar (and narrower): at least a list of university-based initiatives and at least those initiatives focused on OA to research literature and data. We have a draft list under development, but it's on hold while we try to figure out how make the best use of the limited database functionality of the Mediawiki software, e.g. so that we can tag each initiative by type, discipline, nation, and so on. But no matter who does it, and no matter how many similar projects overlap, it's still a great idea.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/29/2008 10:28:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
