Thanks for the feedback, Andrew.
The software was all written in-house, mostly in PHP (including the
glossary builder). We plan to release it under an open license at
some point, but want to get it a bit more refined first. In the
meantime, feel free to post a link or whatever. I've started working
on a
<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Human_Body/Glossary#oxygen>glossary
for the
<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Human_Body/CirculatorySystem>Wikijunior<http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Human_Body/CirculatorySystem>
Human Body book. It's pretty easy going. I'll probably finish it in a
week or so.
Regards,
karen
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Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:10:56 -0700
From: Karen Fasimpaur <karen(a)k12opened.com>
Subject: [Textbook-l] Open Dictionary
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We have recently launched the first completely open kids dictionary
(
http://dictionary.k12opened.com) and are looking for folks to help
work on it.
This dictionary is the first of its kind intended for kids (though it
can certainly be used for adult learners as well). As words are
completed, they will be reviewed for quality and appropriateness and
ultimately "frozen" for export into a variety of formats, including
text, PDF, ebooks, wikis, web, etc., for use on a variety of devices.
This work is being licensed as a public domain resource that anyone
can use for any purpose. We see this as a fundamental building block
for many OER projects and hope that it will be used by teachers,
students, publishers, hardware manufacturers, VARs, and others. We
have just launched a build-your-own-glossary tool (which should work
well for Wikibooks and other projects; I hope to have an example up
for a Wikibook soon.) Over time, we will be adding other new
features, such as audio pronunciations, pictures, support for
additional languages, and a wide variety of export functions.
This is a mass collaboration project, and we hope that many people
around the world will jump in and add a definition or two.
We would love to see you at the dictionary at
http://dictionary.k12opened.com and hope that you will also spread
the word to others.
Thank you.
Regards,
Karen Fasimpaur
K12 Open Ed
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:28:04 -0400
From: "Andrew Whitworth" <wknight8111(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Textbook-l] Open Dictionary
To: "Wikimedia textbook discussion" <textbook-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
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Hello Karen, thanks for the email to the list. I have a few questions
that I wanted to ask:
1) What software is your website using? I'm pretty sure it isn't
MediaWiki, but I can't find that information in your FAQ.
2) That glossary creator, how is it implemented? What license is the
software released under? Would it be possible for us to "borrow" it
for our own website, assuming we gave proper credit and a link back?
This is a really cool-looking project, and I definitely think we
should post a link from Wikijunior. Thanks for the heads-up.
--Andrew Whitworth
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Karen Fasimpaur <karen(a)k12opened.com> wrote:
We have recently launched the first completely
open kids dictionary
(
http://dictionary.k12opened.com) and are looking for folks to help
work on it.
This dictionary is the first of its kind intended for kids (though it
can certainly be used for adult learners as well). As words are
completed, they will be reviewed for quality and appropriateness and
ultimately "frozen" for export into a variety of formats, including
text, PDF, ebooks, wikis, web, etc., for use on a variety of devices.
This work is being licensed as a public domain resource that anyone
can use for any purpose. We see this as a fundamental building block
for many OER projects and hope that it will be used by teachers,
students, publishers, hardware manufacturers, VARs, and others. We
have just launched a build-your-own-glossary tool (which should work
well for Wikibooks and other projects; I hope to have an example up
for a Wikibook soon.) Over time, we will be adding other new
features, such as audio pronunciations, pictures, support for
additional languages, and a wide variety of export functions.
This is a mass collaboration project, and we hope that many people
around the world will jump in and add a definition or two.
We would love to see you at the dictionary at
http://dictionary.k12opened.com and hope that you will also spread
the word to others.
Thank you.
Regards,
Karen Fasimpaur
K12 Open Ed
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