The Open Content Library An Overview of the Open Clip Art Library and ccHost Jon Phillips, Community Developer Creative Commons (HQ, SF) [email_address] http://creativecommons.org

Jon Phillips, Community Developer

Creative Commons (HQ, SF)

[email_address]

http://creativecommons.org

Overall Concepts HOWTO: Concrete Actions Applying Open Source to Open Content About Community and Contributing to Society While we are ideal, action happens through specific banal tasks (pick up a shovel) Please Help! This is an invitation.

HOWTO: Concrete Actions

Applying Open Source to Open Content

About Community and Contributing to Society

While we are ideal, action happens through specific banal tasks (pick up a shovel)

Please Help! This is an invitation.

Three Points Current Landscape The Open Content Library Make More Libraries

Current Landscape

The Open Content Library

Make More Libraries

Who is hosting your content? ?

Does your content host provide export of all your media? ?

What is being done with your data? ?

How many accounts do you have? ?

Is your content licensed properly? ?

What is the Open Content Library? A collection of content (audio, video, text, etc) using open content licenses, stored in open formats with open source software that uses open services.

A collection of content (audio, video, text, etc) using open content licenses, stored in open formats with open source software that uses open services.

An Open Content Library Could Be Any Size (People, Items, etc) Use Any “Open Content” license Creative Commons License (Prefer) Be Public, Private, or Mixed Allow Users to Control Privacy Use Open Services (RSS, Atom) Support Content Import/Export Use Open Formats (svg, xml, odf) Have Open Source Software power it...

Be Any Size (People, Items, etc)

Use Any “Open Content” license

Creative Commons License (Prefer)

Be Public, Private, or Mixed

Allow Users to Control Privacy

Use Open Services (RSS, Atom)

Support Content Import/Export

Use Open Formats (svg, xml, odf)

Have Open Source Software power it...

Current Landscape

Current Landscape Closed ___ Mixed ___ Open ___

Closed ___

Mixed ___

Open ___

Mixed ___ Flickr Limits how-much you can upload CC licensing deeply integrated Has Import/Export Groups/Privacy controls Stored on Yahoo/Flickr's Hardware Powered by Closed Software Some Open Services/API (upload, streams) Focused on Photo Storage and Sharing

Flickr

Limits how-much you can upload

CC licensing deeply integrated

Has Import/Export

Groups/Privacy controls

Stored on Yahoo/Flickr's Hardware

Powered by Closed Software

Some Open Services/API (upload, streams)

Focused on Photo Storage and Sharing

Mixed ___ Google-dom (gmail, calendars, etc) Stored on Google's Hardware Licensing not integrated (beyond search) Stored on both Open and Closed Software Uses Mixed Services (API, RSS) Various Privacy Controls Ad-Supported

Google-dom (gmail, calendars, etc)

Stored on Google's Hardware

Licensing not integrated (beyond search)

Stored on both Open and Closed Software

Uses Mixed Services (API, RSS)

Various Privacy Controls

Ad-Supported

Open ___ Wikipedia Stored on Wikipedia's servers But full dumps available and many many public mirrors Uses Open Source Mediawiki software Uses Open Standards, Services Focuses on Human Knowledge (history, primarily text-based) Stores other media, but draws heavily from other Open Content Libraries

Wikipedia

Stored on Wikipedia's servers

But full dumps available and many many public mirrors

Uses Open Source Mediawiki software

Uses Open Standards, Services

Focuses on Human Knowledge (history, primarily text-based)

Stores other media, but draws heavily from other Open Content Libraries

Open ___ Archive.org Stored on many many mirrors Import/Export available Has specific requirements Supports CC licenses Trying to do everything (possibly problem) Archive implies storage of old media

Archive.org

Stored on many many mirrors

Import/Export available

Has specific requirements

Supports CC licenses

Trying to do everything (possibly problem)

Archive implies storage of old media

Open ___ ccMixter.org Based upon Open Source ccHost engine A remix community, not a content community Support CC licenses Uses Open Services Uses Mixed Formats (AIF, FLAC, MP3) Has import/export

ccMixter.org

Based upon Open Source ccHost engine

A remix community, not a content community

Support CC licenses

Uses Open Services

Uses Mixed Formats (AIF, FLAC, MP3)

Has import/export

Open ___ wordpress.org-based blogs Open Source software for blogging You install and host your own content Focused on blogging, not content management system (CMS) Supports Open Services (RSS, Atom) Support Mixed Formats

wordpress.org-based blogs

Open Source software for blogging

You install and host your own content

Focused on blogging, not content management system (CMS)

Supports Open Services (RSS, Atom)

Support Mixed Formats

The Open Content Library

Why are More Open Content Libraries Needed? No Media Utopias (that can do everything) Data Redundancy is a good thing Niche-based like Social Network Services Orkut's big in Brazil! Mixi is big in Japan! Need different libraries that focus around: Languages, Cultures, Specific Media, Usage Privacy Anyone?

No Media Utopias (that can do everything)

Data Redundancy is a good thing

Niche-based like Social Network Services

Orkut's big in Brazil! Mixi is big in Japan!

Need different libraries that focus around:

Languages, Cultures, Specific Media, Usage

Privacy Anyone?

Do one thing well, or a lot of things not so well Open Source Software communities have developed strong strategies for building communities of practice Wikipedia, Open Clip Art Library and others have learned

Do one thing well, or a lot of things not so well

Open Source Software communities have developed strong strategies for building communities of practice

Wikipedia, Open Clip Art Library and others have learned

An Open Content Library Empowers Maintain your own library on-line Or, Maintain community around library Make it public, or keep it to yourself (same per-user) Make it legal (and clear) using Open Content Licenses (CC licenses or Public Domain) Insure longevity with open formats Insure interoperability with open services

Maintain your own library on-line

Or, Maintain community around library

Make it public, or keep it to yourself (same per-user)

Make it legal (and clear) using Open Content Licenses (CC licenses or Public Domain)

Insure longevity with open formats

Insure interoperability with open services

Business Commons Possibilities Commercial Rights Brokerage Advertising on libraries Sell Services around Content Digitization Printing Collection Media Discovery

Commercial Rights Brokerage

Advertising on libraries

Sell Services around Content

Digitization

Printing

Collection

Media Discovery

1 st Way to View : Social and technical Strategy Social Good communities and projects need real people and real communication Without good social, don't try technical (ASIDE: OLPC, eLearning) Technical Good software catalyzes certain types of communications and activities Bad Software hurts social/community

Social

Good communities and projects need real people and real communication

Without good social, don't try technical (ASIDE: OLPC, eLearning)

Technical

Good software catalyzes certain types of communications and activities

Bad Software hurts social/community

2 nd Way to View : Open Content Library as Superset There are pre-existing libraries which exhibit these behaviors described Open Clip Art Library www.openclipart.org A community focused on the collection and creation of public domain clip art 16K+ images (SVG-based) Open Font Library www.openfontlibrary.org A public domain and Open Font Licensed collection of Fonts

There are pre-existing libraries which exhibit these behaviors described

Open Clip Art Library

www.openclipart.org

A community focused on the collection and creation of public domain clip art

16K+ images (SVG-based)

Open Font Library

www.openfontlibrary.org

A public domain and Open Font Licensed collection of Fonts

3 rd Way to View : opencontentlibrary.org Light-Interface to Open Content Library projects Basic place to collect these types of libraries Place for pooling of ideas around this subject

Light-Interface to Open Content Library projects

Basic place to collect these types of libraries

Place for pooling of ideas around this subject

Make More Libraries

Community Development (Building) How to build an online community that is to accomplish some goal Really Means... HOWTO build an Open Content Development Community with approximately 20 people

How to build an online community that is to accomplish some goal

Really Means...

HOWTO build an Open Content Development Community with approximately 20 people

Open Source Constitution-lite Make the source open Release Early, Release Often Reward contributors (with praise or some material reward if possible)

Make the source open

Release Early, Release Often

Reward contributors (with praise or some material reward if possible)

Need More Specific Model Open Source Software Light-Constitution is abstract It is aimed at software source code We need a model that is: community-centric generalized for on-line communities more pragmatic

Open Source Software Light-Constitution is abstract

It is aimed at software source code

We need a model that is:

community-centric

generalized for on-line communities

more pragmatic

More Concrete Structure Concepts Infrastructure Social ...and some misplaced Corollaries

Concepts

Infrastructure

Social

...and some misplaced Corollaries

Concepts Make one solid goal for the project Remember KISS: Keep It Simple Do one thing well, or do many things not so well Always ask: "Does this move us closer to our primary goal?" Pick a solid simple name that can be simplified to a one word tag. Use this tag/simple name for the domain name, etc for the project. It is your common branding.

Make one solid goal for the project

Remember KISS: Keep It Simple

Do one thing well, or do many things not so well

Always ask: "Does this move us closer to our primary goal?"

Pick a solid simple name that can be simplified to a one word tag.

Use this tag/simple name for the domain name, etc for the project. It is your common branding.

Infrastructure Also called Holy Trinity of Online Communication, or network of social software Install CMS (ccHost, wiki, or blog) collective memory Maintain a group chat channel irc.freenode.net, aim, gtalk synchronous communication Setup a mailing list Asynchronous communication

Also called Holy Trinity of Online Communication, or network of social software

Install CMS (ccHost, wiki, or blog)

collective memory

Maintain a group chat channel

irc.freenode.net, aim, gtalk

synchronous communication

Setup a mailing list

Asynchronous communication

Social Help edit recent CMS edits Answer all relevant emails Stay in chat channel and answer questions

Help edit recent CMS edits

Answer all relevant emails

Stay in chat channel and answer questions

Corollaries Social Atmosphere is defined in first days to 2 weeks of a project Start with a positive atmosphere, then this is bread into the communities dna Starting with a negative atmosphere of flaming and disses, then the community will develop this way and more than likely will die. Generally, it is amicable to be extra-nice, and cordial much like one would like in the real world.

Social Atmosphere is defined in first days to 2 weeks of a project

Start with a positive atmosphere, then this is bread into the communities dna

Starting with a negative atmosphere of flaming and disses, then the community will develop this way and more than likely will die.

Generally, it is amicable to be extra-nice, and cordial much like one would like in the real world.

Corollaries, cont'd Real vs. Virtual Generally, treat developers and people in general just as you would in the real world, if not better. Promote Contribution Reward contributors with praise! Material vs. Non-material Rewards

Real vs. Virtual

Generally, treat developers and people in general just as you would in the real world, if not better.

Promote Contribution

Reward contributors with praise!

Material vs. Non-material Rewards

Corollaries, cont'd Dealing with problems Personal problems between people should be dealt with offlist Group problems should be handled decisively by a core member in a positive manner Problems in a community should be dealt with internally before being publicly exposed (if at all). 99% of the time this solves conflicts that arise

Dealing with problems

Personal problems between people should be dealt with offlist

Group problems should be handled decisively by a core member in a positive manner

Problems in a community should be dealt with internally before being publicly exposed (if at all).

99% of the time this solves conflicts that arise

Creative Commons' CMS: ccHost http://wiki.creativecommons.org/cchost ccHost is an open source (GPL licensed) project that provides web-based infrastructure to support collaboration, sharing, and storage of multi-media using the Creative Commons licenses and metadata. It is used by ccMixter and other sites http://ccmixter.org PHP + MySQL + standard Open Source packaging

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/cchost

ccHost is an open source (GPL licensed) project that provides web-based infrastructure to support collaboration, sharing, and storage of multi-media using the Creative Commons licenses and metadata.

It is used by ccMixter and other sites

http://ccmixter.org

PHP + MySQL + standard Open Source packaging

ccHost, cont'd Most similar to mediawiki and wordpress Encourages proper licensing , sharing and remix of many types of media (video, audio, text, image) Highly customizable and stable Development version used by most major installations, thus, it gets tested heavily

Most similar to mediawiki and wordpress

Encourages proper licensing , sharing and remix of many types of media (video, audio, text, image)

Highly customizable and stable

Development version used by most major installations, thus, it gets tested heavily

ccHost Users Open Source Cinema uses www.opensourcecinema.org Open Clip Art Library moving to ccHost www.openclipart.org/cchost Open Font Library www.openfontlibrary.org Simuze.nl moving to ccHost Teacherhost (teaching material coming out soon)

Open Source Cinema uses

www.opensourcecinema.org

Open Clip Art Library moving to ccHost

www.openclipart.org/cchost

Open Font Library

www.openfontlibrary.org

Simuze.nl moving to ccHost

Teacherhost (teaching material coming out soon)

Recently Released ccHost 3.1 Full localization support (i18n) Chinese (Traditional and Simplified, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Dutch, English ;) Replaced phpbb2 dependency with native forum/blog code Feeds coming out of every pour (rss, atom, custom, etc) Data dumping in feed formats for re-use Sample Pool API (for interconnecting sites) Sample/Clip Browser (show demo)

Full localization support (i18n)

Chinese (Traditional and Simplified, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Dutch, English ;)

Replaced phpbb2 dependency with native forum/blog code

Feeds coming out of every pour (rss, atom, custom, etc)

Data dumping in feed formats for re-use

Sample Pool API (for interconnecting sites)

Sample/Clip Browser (show demo)

Beyond ccHost 3.1 WebDAV support for easier uploading and programmatic interfaces Better support for other file formats Better thumbnailing support Better generic import of content Better support for customization Support for other licenses (OFL, CC GNU-GPL, CC GNU-LGPL) See the webpage for more plugins

WebDAV support for easier uploading and programmatic interfaces

Better support for other file formats

Better thumbnailing support

Better generic import of content

Better support for customization

Support for other licenses (OFL, CC GNU-GPL, CC GNU-LGPL)

See the webpage for more plugins

Get ccHost! Thrice-daily builds of packages Thrice-daily builds of phpdoc (trying to make development easy) http://wiki.creativecommons.org/cchost Requirements Php 4 and above MySQL 4 Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

Thrice-daily builds of packages

Thrice-daily builds of phpdoc (trying to make development easy)

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/cchost

Requirements

Php 4 and above

MySQL 4

Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

CcHost Extension Demo Let's get you guys hooked on this...

Let's get you guys hooked on this...

CC Developer Community (CCDC) http://developer.creativecommons.org/ Focused around CC licenses, standards, and technology CC itself is inspired by Free and Open Source Software and also uses GPL/MIT licenses for its own software Four main software projects (ccTools) 4 Google SoC projects

http://developer.creativecommons.org/

Focused around CC licenses, standards, and technology

CC itself is inspired by Free and Open Source Software and also uses GPL/MIT licenses for its own software

Four main software projects (ccTools)

4 Google SoC projects

CCDC Goals Build a strong and supportive community of developers Support Creative Commons Developer Community Projects Build infrastructure around Creative Commons licenses Build infrastructure around Creative Commons standards

Build a strong and supportive community of developers

Support Creative Commons Developer Community Projects

Build infrastructure around Creative Commons licenses

Build infrastructure around Creative Commons standards

CCDC: Get Involved Mailing Lists [email_address] IRC #cc on irc.freenode.net Submit a Patch http://cctools.sf.net Wiki http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Developer Try some Developer Challenges

Mailing Lists

[email_address]

IRC

#cc on irc.freenode.net

Submit a Patch

http://cctools.sf.net

Wiki

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Developer

Try some Developer Challenges

Useful Sites Main sites http://creativecommons.org/ http://icommons.org http://www.sciencecommons.org/ Set up an RSS feed for both blogs Graphics & movies that explain CC http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/how1 http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/comics1 http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/

Main sites

http://creativecommons.org/

http://icommons.org

http://www.sciencecommons.org/

Set up an RSS feed for both blogs

Graphics & movies that explain CC

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/how1

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/comics1

http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/

The Open Content Library An Overview of the Open Clip Art Library and ccHost Jon Phillips, Community Developer Creative Commons (HQ, SF) [email_address] http://creativecommons.org

Jon Phillips, Community Developer

Creative Commons (HQ, SF)

[email_address]

http://creativecommons.org