Nen Introduction

Wikipedia and standards A presentation for the NEN

Wikipedia
Over 250 different language editions
Content is created by volunteers
MediaWiki is localised and internationalised by volunteers
Many of the developers are volunteers.. the development is professionalised
One office in the USA
A budget that is extraordinary low

Wikipedia II
Wikipedia is one of the biggest worldwide websites
Wikipedia has sister projects that are among the best on the Internet
Wiktionary is the most popular lexical resource
Wiktionary exists for many languages
Funding used to be done with small donations, grants have become more relevant
We have staff dedicated to fund raising

Wikipedia and standards
Wikipedia is commited to open source, open content and open standards
Only living languages known to ISO-639-3 are eligible for new projects
We use the RFC for the naming of these languages, our projects
We promote the use of the CLDR and check its data for amending and appending

Why volunteer
Because you are challenged to do so
Because it is fun
Because the community defines and decides the strategy of the Foundation
Because Google loves Wikipedia
Because its information has a neutral point of view
Because you make a difference

Standards challenged
Standards and standards organisations rely on their reputation
They have to be seen as impartial
The reputation has been damaged by the OXML abuse
The standards are not open; the texts are not available to all
The need for funding hampers the adoption of adoption

Nen Introduction

by Gerard Meijssen on Sep 20, 2009

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