Hey Steve
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
Branton, I'm sure I have a link to last year's slides for the conference somewhere, I'll post it later on today. It's a valid point on having a somewhat wordy slide given that this would be downloaded and referred to after the conference. Thanks!
Alex.
On Thu Aug 25th, 2011 11:15 PM PDT stephen wanjau wrote:
Having heard that,I think it is good to get a deeper understanding of the ZIM file creation,what we are doing to have a customized Kenyan Wikipedia for Schools and the tools involved among other ICT related issues.
Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 8:53 AM, "Grace Kariuki" gkariuki99@gmail.com wrote: i agree with Branton.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:40 AM, BRANTON OBWARI bruceobwari@gmail.com wrote:
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Hi,
I am here on this list.
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
/Manuel
Hi Guys, I have initiated the Paper here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8RkzfCJiWVX9pasnnzG14Wx_8letqUuKy5m21K1... let us collaboratively help build and expand it as fast as we can.please lets write the paper and then the presentations should be easy.feel free to add the sub-topics and themes you wish we cover in the paper.do it soonest as we have very limited time to compile and write the paper. regards,
BTW, Did anyone see this: http://www.kenyalondonnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic... ?? it should be a good start to our paper. cheers
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys, I have initiated the Paper here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8RkzfCJiWVX9pasnnzG14Wx_8letqUuKy5m21K1... let us collaboratively help build and expand it as fast as we can.please lets write the paper and then the presentations should be easy.feel free to add the sub-topics and themes you wish we cover in the paper.do it soonest as we have very limited time to compile and write the paper. regards,
This is a good item. You should start collecting these on your wiki. I made a start: http://wikimedia.or.ke/Press_page
Please add any other coverage you're aware of.
Asaf
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
BTW, Did anyone see this: http://www.kenyalondonnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic... ?? it should be a good start to our paper. cheers
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys, I have initiated the Paper here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8RkzfCJiWVX9pasnnzG14Wx_8letqUuKy5m21K1... let us collaboratively help build and expand it as fast as we can.please lets write the paper and then the presentations should be easy.feel free to add the sub-topics and themes you wish we cover in the paper.do it soonest as we have very limited time to compile and write the paper. regards,
-- Limoke Oscar, mayenge.blogspot.com Freelancer, GeoInformatics and GIScience Student
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Thanks for the link - although that's quite an old article by now.
Otherwise, I'm excited about what you're doing - best of success to your paper preparation!
BT
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BTW,
Did anyone see this:http://www.kenyalondonnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content http://www.kenyalondonnews.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article& id=8237:kenya-schools-benefit-from-wikimedia&catid=71:oped&Itemid=75 &view=article&id=8237:kenya-schools-benefit-from-wikimedia&catid=71:oped&Ite mid=75
?? it should be a good start to our paper.
cheers
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys,
I have initiated the Paper here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8RkzfCJiWVX9pasnnzG14Wx_8letqUuKy5m21K1 VRA/edit?hl=en_US
let us collaboratively help build and expand it as fast as we can.please lets write the paper and then the presentations should be easy.feel free to add the sub-topics and themes you wish we cover in the paper.do it soonest as we have very limited time to compile and write the paper.
regards,
yeah ,we had a successful first session ....and to me it looks like we have enough info considering we have like 30 mins of talk time n question tym,lets try to keep the story line ,i mean our six million dollar question should be ....how do we think this noble project of Wikipedia for schools ,going to help us develop the ICT in rural areas ,for now its good we have a skeleton.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys, I have initiated the Paper here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8RkzfCJiWVX9pasnnzG14Wx_8letqUuKy5m21K1... let us collaboratively help build and expand it as fast as we can.please lets write the paper and then the presentations should be easy.feel free to add the sub-topics and themes you wish we cover in the paper.do it soonest as we have very limited time to compile and write the paper. regards,
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So I just confirmed that the presentation should take 15 min (minus questions). The audience will comprise of academics, researchers, information technology students, young professionals and industry (IT) experts. Numbers during our presentation should be around 200 - 250, so this is a pretty good outreach for us.
I've requested for it to be on a Saturday and they should get back to me on that. Another thing, regarding the format of our presentation, the university is OK if we come with slides only
Here's a link to presentations made during the 2009 Conference: http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=165
________________________________
yeah ,we had a successful first session ....and to me it looks like we have enough info considering we have like 30 mins of talk time n question tym,lets try to keep the story line ,i mean our six million dollar question should be ....how do we think this noble project of Wikipedia for schools ,going to help us develop the ICT in rural areas ,for now its good we have a skeleton.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys,
I have initiated the Paper here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8RkzfCJiWVX9pasnnzG14Wx_8letqUuKy5m21K1... let us collaboratively help build and expand it as fast as we can.please lets write the paper and then the presentations should be easy.feel free to add the sub-topics and themes you wish we cover in the paper.do it soonest as we have very limited time to compile and write the paper. regards,
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cool.in that case we just need to consolidate wiki slides and our offline ones and we good.any pics frm msa?pliz send me the list of the nyeri and msa schools.our wiki is stilk a mess and cant get them.i want to create a map of all the schools we visited.
in tha case steve we abandon the paper we were writing and start n the slides
saturday is great for me.cheers On Aug 26, 2011 4:56 PM, "Alex Wafula" xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
So I just confirmed that the presentation should take 15 min (minus
questions). The audience will comprise of academics, researchers, information technology students, young
professionals and industry (IT) experts. Numbers during our presentation
should be around 200 - 250, so this is a pretty good outreach for us.
I've requested for it to be on a Saturday and they should get back to me
on that. Another thing, regarding the format of our presentation, the university is OK if we come with slides only
Here's a link to presentations made during the 2009 Conference:
http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=165
yeah ,we had a successful first session ....and to me it looks like we
have enough info considering we have like 30 mins of talk time n question tym,lets try to keep the story line ,i mean our six million dollar question should be ....how do we think this noble project of Wikipedia for schools ,going to help us develop the ICT in rural areas ,for now its good we have a skeleton.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys,
I have initiated the Paper here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8RkzfCJiWVX9pasnnzG14Wx_8letqUuKy5m21K1...
let us collaboratively help build and expand it as fast as we can.please
lets write the paper and then the presentations should be easy.feel free to add the sub-topics and themes you wish we cover in the paper.do it soonest as we have very limited time to compile and write the paper.
regards,
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Try highlighting all projects even just slightly coz there may be guys intrested in any of them, 30 mins is enough for all that
Oscar Okwero SUITSA Team Lead
--- On Fri, 8/26/11, BRANTON OBWARI bruceobwari@gmail.com wrote:
From: BRANTON OBWARI bruceobwari@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference To: "The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter." wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Friday, August 26, 2011, 12:55 PM
yeah ,we had a successful first session ....and to me it looks like we have enough info considering we have like 30 mins of talk time n question tym,lets try to keep the story line ,i mean our six million dollar question should be ....how do we think this noble project of Wikipedia for schools ,going to help us develop the ICT in rural areas ,for now its good we have a skeleton.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Limoke Oscar oslimoke@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys,I have initiated the Paper here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8RkzfCJiWVX9pasnnzG14Wx_8letqUuKy5m21K1...
let us collaboratively help build and expand it as fast as we can.please lets write the paper and then the presentations should be easy.feel free to add the sub-topics and themes you wish we cover in the paper.do it soonest as we have very limited time to compile and write the paper.
regards,
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ? Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9) with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM zimdbwriter binary). So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this area.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
* Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ? Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9) with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM zimdbwriter binary). So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this area.
Emmanuel
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Hi,
On 26.08.2011 10:53, stephen wanjau wrote:
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
Maybe the attached file may help. It's a shot of my presentation I gave in Haifa. The light was bad, I tried to improve it a bit in Gimp.
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
Mission Statement * http://openzim.org/Mission_of_openZIM
Our first press release about the establishment of the project: * http://openzim.org/2009-02-22_Release_for_Wikimedia_CH
Great! Thx for these informations. I will work on that this evening and make you a proposition. Emmanuel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
- Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the
topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ? Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here
http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM zimdbwriter binary). So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
area.
Emmanuel
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Links:
[1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Hie Alex et all, we will be having a final meeting with the Faculty about the ICT confrence, so i will conclusively let you guyz know details conscerning the tickets to the confrence for the Wikipedia team, by the way i will be presenting too.
Oscar Okwero Strathmore Univ.
--- On Mon, 8/29/11, emmanuel@engelhart.org emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
From: emmanuel@engelhart.org emmanuel@engelhart.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Strathmore ICT Conference To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Monday, August 29, 2011, 8:09 AM
Great! Thx for these informations. I will work on that this evening and make you a proposition. Emmanuel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
- Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the
topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
>>> I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to
present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ?
> Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here
http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM
> zimdbwriter binary).
So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
area.
Emmanuel
> WikimediaKE mailing list
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Here my slides:
Slide1: Steps to go offline * Select articles " Select for each article a revision (optional) * Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, …. (optional) * Build a ZIM file * Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader
Slide2: Select articles and revision * Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ... * Sophisticated solution: WP1.0 * Wikitrust may help to get the right revision
Slide3: Build a ZIM file * Two solutions currently * Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts ** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/) ** Higher quality * Mediawiki Collection extension ** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites ** Only small ZIM ** Lower quality
Slide4: What is openZIM? * Define a free format (ZIM) * Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools) * Highly compressed and really fast access time * Community project created 3 years ago * Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard) * http://www.openzim.org
Slide5: Next? * Improvement of readers * More readers for smartphones/tablets * Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process * Deployment of big ZIM creation tools at the WMF * More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis
Emmanuel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
- Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the
topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ? Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here
http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM zimdbwriter binary). So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
area.
Emmanuel
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Links:
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Emanuel,
Thank you for the info. we will be presenting this tomorrow.
once again, thank you.
cheers, Steve
On 9/1/11, emmanuel@engelhart.org emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
Here my slides:
Slide1: Steps to go offline
- Select articles
" Select for each article a revision (optional)
- Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, …. (optional)
- Build a ZIM file
- Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader
Slide2: Select articles and revision
- Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ...
- Sophisticated solution: WP1.0
- Wikitrust may help to get the right revision
Slide3: Build a ZIM file
- Two solutions currently
- Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts
** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/) ** Higher quality
- Mediawiki Collection extension
** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites ** Only small ZIM ** Lower quality
Slide4: What is openZIM?
- Define a free format (ZIM)
- Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools)
- Highly compressed and really fast access time
- Community project created 3 years ago
- Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard)
- http://www.openzim.org
Slide5: Next?
- Improvement of readers
- More readers for smartphones/tablets
- Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process
- Deployment of big ZIM creation tools at the WMF
- More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis
Emmanuel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
- Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the
topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ? Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here
http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM zimdbwriter binary). So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
area.
Emmanuel
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Links:
[1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
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Hey Steve, forgot to mention this to you yesterday, we managed to have the talk set for Saturday instead of tomorrw as you guys had suggested.
Emmanuel, thanks for the slides!
//alex
________________________________
Emanuel,
Thank you for the info. we will be presenting this tomorrow.
once again, thank you.
cheers, Steve
On 9/1/11, emmanuel@engelhart.org emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
Here my slides:
Slide1: Steps to go offline * Select articles " Select for each article a revision (optional) * Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, …. (optional) * Build a ZIM file * Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader
Slide2: Select articles and revision * Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ... * Sophisticated solution: WP1.0 * Wikitrust may help to get the right revision
Slide3: Build a ZIM file * Two solutions currently * Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts ** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/) ** Higher quality * Mediawiki Collection extension ** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites ** Only small ZIM ** Lower quality
Slide4: What is openZIM? * Define a free format (ZIM) * Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools) * Highly compressed and really fast access time * Community project created 3 years ago * Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard) * http://www.openzim.org
Slide5: Next? * Improvement of readers * More readers for smartphones/tablets * Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process * Deployment of big ZIM creation tools at the WMF * More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis
Emmanuel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
- Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the
topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
>>> I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to
present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ?
> Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here
http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM
> zimdbwriter binary).
So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
area.
Emmanuel
> WikimediaKE mailing list
WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake [4]
Links:
[1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Hey all -
Also, here is a deck we talked through at WIkimania regarding offline. Hopefully there will be some slides that help! Ping me (or Emmanuel or Manuel) with questions :)
Jessie
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Alex Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hey Steve, forgot to mention this to you yesterday, we managed to have the talk set for Saturday instead of tomorrw as you guys had suggested.
Emmanuel, thanks for the slides!
//alex
**
Emanuel,
Thank you for the info. we will be presenting this tomorrow.
once again, thank you.
cheers, Steve
On 9/1/11, emmanuel@engelhart.org emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
Here my slides:
Slide1: Steps to go offline
- Select articles
" Select for each article a revision (optional)
- Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, …. (optional)
- Build a ZIM file
- Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader
Slide2: Select articles and revision
- Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ...
- Sophisticated solution: WP1.0
- Wikitrust may help to get the right revision
Slide3: Build a ZIM file
- Two solutions currently
- Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts
** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/) ** Higher quality
- Mediawiki Collection extension
** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites ** Only small ZIM ** Lower quality
Slide4: What is openZIM?
- Define a free format (ZIM)
- Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools)
- Highly compressed and really fast access time
- Community project created 3 years ago
- Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard)
- http://www.openzim.org
Slide5: Next?
- Improvement of readers
- More readers for smartphones/tablets
- Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process
- Deployment of big ZIM creation tools at the WMF
- More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis
Emmanuel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
- Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the
topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ? Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here
http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM zimdbwriter binary). So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
area.
Emmanuel
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake [4]
Links:
[1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
-- Mr. Stephen W. Wanjau Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Steve, the first slide of the presentation has the pic of the XO laptops I was talking about. It's a great visual presentation of what offline Wikipedia aims to achieve so it should come in handy. Looking forward to see the final presentation you come up with, with Oscar.
Thanks for the slides Jessie.
//alex
________________________________
Hey all -
Also, here is a deck we talked through at WIkimania regarding offline. Hopefully there will be some slides that help! Ping me (or Emmanuel or Manuel) with questions :)
Jessie
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Alex Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hey Steve, forgot to mention this to you yesterday, we managed to have the talk set for Saturday instead of tomorrw as you guys had suggested.
Emmanuel, thanks for the slides!
//alex
Emanuel,
Thank you for the info. we will be presenting this tomorrow.
once again, thank you.
cheers, Steve
On 9/1/11, emmanuel@engelhart.org emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
Here my slides:
Slide1: Steps to go offline * Select articles " Select for each article a revision (optional) * Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, …. (optional) * Build a ZIM file * Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader
Slide2: Select articles and revision * Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ... * Sophisticated solution: WP1.0 * Wikitrust may help to get the right revision
Slide3: Build a ZIM file * Two solutions currently * Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts ** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/) ** Higher quality * Mediawiki Collection extension ** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites ** Only small ZIM ** Lower quality
Slide4: What is openZIM? * Define a free format (ZIM) * Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools) * Highly compressed and really fast access time * Community project created 3 years ago * Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard) * http://www.openzim.org
Slide5: Next? * Improvement of readers * More readers for smartphones/tablets * Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process * Deployment of
big ZIM creation tools at the WMF
* More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis
Emmanuel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
- Could you shade more
light on what goes on in between having the
topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
>>> I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to
present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to
know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ?
> Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here
http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM
> zimdbwriter binary).
So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
area.
Emmanuel
> WikimediaKE mailing list
WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake [4]
Links:
[1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
WikimediaKE
mailing list
WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
-- Mr. Stephen W. Wanjau Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
Hey all -
In addition, below is a link to the deck we talked through at WIkimania regarding offline. Hopefully there will be some slides that help! Ping me (or Emmanuel or Manuel) with questions or if you want the ODP version (I tried sending it, but it is obviously awaiting moderator approval due to its size!).
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania2011-OFFLINE.pdf
Jessie
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Alex Wafula xelawafs@yahoo.com wrote:
Hey Steve, forgot to mention this to you yesterday, we managed to have the talk set for Saturday instead of tomorrw as you guys had suggested.
Emmanuel, thanks for the slides!
//alex
**
Emanuel,
Thank you for the info. we will be presenting this tomorrow.
once again, thank you.
cheers, Steve
On 9/1/11, emmanuel@engelhart.org emmanuel@engelhart.org wrote:
Here my slides:
Slide1: Steps to go offline
- Select articles
" Select for each article a revision (optional)
- Prepare welcome pages with explanation, indexes, …. (optional)
- Build a ZIM file
- Get the ZIM file and a ZIM reader
Slide2: Select articles and revision
- Trivial solution: list articles in a category, a project, ...
- Sophisticated solution: WP1.0
- Wikitrust may help to get the right revision
Slide3: Build a ZIM file
- Two solutions currently
- Hacked Mediawiki DumpHTML extension + additional scripts
** Complicated, only people at Kiwix use it ** Big ZIM files (http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9/) ** Higher quality
- Mediawiki Collection extension
** Easy for everyone, available online on WMF Web sites ** Only small ZIM ** Lower quality
Slide4: What is openZIM?
- Define a free format (ZIM)
- Reference Implementation (zimlib & zim tools)
- Highly compressed and really fast access time
- Community project created 3 years ago
- Independent of any readers (Kiwix, wikionboard)
- http://www.openzim.org
Slide5: Next?
- Improvement of readers
- More readers for smartphones/tablets
- Simplification/Improvement of the ZIM creation process
- Deployment of big ZIM creation tools at the WMF
- More ZIM files, also for non-WMF wikis
Emmanuel
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0300, stephen wanjau wrote:
Emmanuel,
Thank you for coming in.
*I would suggest that you highlight on the general steps/process involved in creation of a ZIM file. (For very detailed topics I propose we give links on the slides for those who would like to know more) e.g. For the one we are about to compile for the Kenyan curricula,we were requested to create a list on a meta page of the missing topics with the corresponding link to an existing article on Wikipedia,then from there I think you guys at the openzim project shall compile that then have the downloadable copy availed.
- Could you shade more light on what goes on in between having the
topics from us and having the downloadable version online?
*Also,Kindly avail some information regarding the origin of the openzim project,objectives,some merits and future prospects.
*I think six slides for the openZim project shall do us good.(any other suggestions are also welcome)
And keep up the good work.
Truly, Steve
On Aug 26, 2011 11:06 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:47 +0200, Manuel Schneider wrote:
On 26.08.2011 09:18, Alex Wafula wrote:
I'll loop in Manuel in a new thread regarding the best info to present on Openzim and an overview of creating ZIM files.
what you need to know?
Yes, this is the point: especially how many slides? how detailed ? Topics?
ZIM file generation is a wide topic.
I made the ZIM files (available here
http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [2])
with scripts developed on my own (using as core tool, openZIM zimdbwriter binary). So I may also help if details are needed or if you want more informations about the next developments I plan for 2012 in this
area.
Emmanuel
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake [4]
Links:
[1] mailto:emmanuel@engelhart.org [2] http://download.kiwix.org/zim/0.9 [3] mailto:WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
-- Mr. Stephen W. Wanjau Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
WikimediaKE mailing list WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake
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