From sonnets to statistics, genes to geodata

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Founded in 2004 we’re a not-for-profit organization promoting open knowledge: that’s any kind of information – sonnets to statistics, genes to geodata – that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed.

We organize events like OKCon, run projects like Open Shakespeare, and develop tools like CKAN and KnowledgeForge to help people create, find and share open material. See our full list of events » and projects ».

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We’re community driven and volunteers are behind everything we do. Get involved in a working group, write some code, improve this website – there sure’s to be something for you whether you’ve got 5 minutes or 5 days to spare.

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We’re a not-for-profit and all our services and software are provided openly and for free. Developing and running projects and events costs time and resources. Your support will help the Foundation to continue and expand its work.

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Some of Our Projects

CKAN

ckan

CKAN is a registry or catalogue system for datasets or other “knowledge” resources. CKAN aims to make it easy to find, share and reuse open content and data, especially in ways that are machine automatable.

Visit CKAN.net Service – Visit CKAN Software Home Page

The Open Definition Site

opendefinition.org

The Open (Knowledge) Definition sets out principles to define the ‘open’ in open knowledge. The term knowledge is used broadly and it includes all forms of data, content such as music, films or books as well any other types of information.

Visit the Open Definition

Open Shakespeare

openshakespeare

Open Shakespeare provides the complete works of Shakespeare, along with textual apparatus (introduction, notes) and tools (concordance, search, annotation, word frequency, etc.) all in an open form.

Visit Open Shakespeare

Weaving History

weavinghistory

Create ‘factlets’ — places, people, events — and string them together into ‘threads’ at the click of a button. Automatically visualize the results temporally and spatially, search by any attribute, automatically import Wikipedia articles and much more …

Visit Weaving History

Where Does My Money Go?

where does my money go?

Find out where UK public finance goes with this open-source, embeddable web application. Explore the data using maps, timelines, and best of breed visualisation technologies.

Visit Where Does My Money Go?

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