[Textbook-l] Open Dictionary

Tue Aug 5 15:31:33 UTC 2008

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 at 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 at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Textbook-l] Open Dictionary
>To: "Wikimedia textbook discussion" <textbook-l at 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 at 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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