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{{box-news|Cooperation with Wikimedia Foundation|2009-04-16|In a phone conference with [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff Erik Möller, Brion Vibber and Thomasz Finc of the Wikimedia Foundation] and [[Team|Manuel]] the goals and deliverables of the openZIM project have been discussed. The WMF aims to include the ZIM file format into [http://download.wikimedia.org/ their dump process] and that they will support openZIM to become the standard offline format for Wikimedia Wikis. Long-term goal is to have a "one-click" functionality inside MediaWiki to create ZIM files on demand. Some more interesting ideas and projects the Wikimedia Foundation is looking forward have been discussed, openZIM may become part of those as well.}} | {{box-news|Cooperation with Wikimedia Foundation|2009-04-16|In a phone conference with [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff Erik Möller, Brion Vibber and Thomasz Finc of the Wikimedia Foundation] and [[Team|Manuel]] the goals and deliverables of the openZIM project have been discussed. The WMF aims to include the ZIM file format into [http://download.wikimedia.org/ their dump process] and that they will support openZIM to become the standard offline format for Wikimedia Wikis. Long-term goal is to have a "one-click" functionality inside MediaWiki to create ZIM files on demand. Some more interesting ideas and projects the Wikimedia Foundation is looking forward have been discussed, openZIM may become part of those as well.}} | ||
{{box-news|openZIM project started|2009-02-22|The first [[ | {{box-news|openZIM project started|2009-02-22|The first [[developer meeting]] of openZIM just took place near Basel (CH). A team consisting Tommi Mäkitalo [http://www.tntnet.org/ (Tntnet)], Emmanuel Engelhard [http://www.kiwix.org/ (Kiwix)], Johannes Schauer [http://www.openmoko.org/ (OpenMoko)] and Manuel Schneider [http://www.wikimedia.ch/ (Wikimedia CH)] have been formed. openZIM will provide free documentation and implementation of the ZIM file format, an efficient storage for hypertext data, aimed at offline access to Wikipedia. | ||
Current goal is to present the project at LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin and have a Wikipedia DVD with all german articles ready by then as a demonstration object. | Current goal is to present the project at LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin and have a Wikipedia DVD with all german articles ready by then as a demonstration object. | ||
* [[2009-02-22 Release for Wikimedia CH|Press Release]]}} | * [[2009-02-22 Release for Wikimedia CH|Press Release]]}} | ||
Revision as of 14:45, 4 May 2009
LinuxTag 2009
June 24th - 27th, 2009
June 24th - 27th, 2009
openZIM will participate at LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin, with its own booth. Meet us there and get a brand new copy of the Wikipedia DVD!
Cooperation with Wikimedia Foundation
2009-04-16
2009-04-16
In a phone conference with Erik Möller, Brion Vibber and Thomasz Finc of the Wikimedia Foundation and Manuel the goals and deliverables of the openZIM project have been discussed. The WMF aims to include the ZIM file format into their dump process and that they will support openZIM to become the standard offline format for Wikimedia Wikis. Long-term goal is to have a "one-click" functionality inside MediaWiki to create ZIM files on demand. Some more interesting ideas and projects the Wikimedia Foundation is looking forward have been discussed, openZIM may become part of those as well.
openZIM project started
2009-02-22
2009-02-22
The first developer meeting of openZIM just took place near Basel (CH). A team consisting Tommi Mäkitalo (Tntnet), Emmanuel Engelhard (Kiwix), Johannes Schauer (OpenMoko) and Manuel Schneider (Wikimedia CH) have been formed. openZIM will provide free documentation and implementation of the ZIM file format, an efficient storage for hypertext data, aimed at offline access to Wikipedia.
Current goal is to present the project at LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin and have a Wikipedia DVD with all german articles ready by then as a demonstration object.