Open Directory Project
However, the ODP database/editing software is closed source, although Richard Skrenta of ODP did say in June 1998 that he was considering licensing it under the GNU General Public License. This has led to criticism from the aforementioned GNU project and other proponents of free software[citation needed], many of whom also criticise the ODP content license.[22]
As such, there have been some efforts to provide alternatives to ODP. These alternatives would allow communities of like-minded editors to set up and maintain their own open source/open content Web directories. However, no significant open source/open content alternative to ODP has emerged.
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Hierarchical structure
Recently criticism of ODP's hierarchical structure emerged. Many believe hierarchical directories are too complicated. As the recent emergence of Web 2.0, folksonomies began to appear. These people thought folksonomies, networks, and directed graph are more "natural" and easier to manage than hierarchies.[23][24][25]
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See also
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References
- ^ "The GnuHoo BooBoo". Slashdot. Retrieved on April 27, 2007.
- ^ ODP Front Page, retrieved 15 August 2006
- ^ Open Directory Forum - General - Analyzing editor numbers - page 1, 13 August 2006
- ^ "Dmoz's Catastrophic Server/Hardware Failure" October 27, 2006, retrieved November 15, 2006
- ^ "dmoz.org technical problems (UPDATED: December 18, 2006)", Resource-Zone.com Announcement, retrieved December 19, 2006
- ^ dmoz.org technical problems (UPDATED: January 13, 2007) at resource-zone.com
- ^ The Hamsters' New Home, in: Open Directory newsletter issue Winter 2006, retrieved December 26, 2006
- ^ Danny Sullivan, NewHoo: Yahoo Built By The Masses, Search Engine Watch, July 1, 1998
- ^ Kids and Teens Launches! Open Directory Project Newsletter, November/December 2000
- ^ Communication and Codes of Conduct: Using the Forums, from the Open Directory Editing Guidelines
- ^ Communication and Codes of Conduct: Email and Forum Privacy, from the Open Directory Editing Guidelines
- ^ Open Directory Project Administrator Guidelines
- ^ Open Directory Meta-editor report
- ^ Open Directory Project: Public Abuse Report System.
- ^ How to suggest a site to the Open Directory
- ^ Open Directory Project Search: "topix" (accessed 18 October 2007)
- ^ XODP Yahoo! Group Message Archive
- ^ David F. Prenatt, Jr., Life After the Open Directory Project, Traffick.com (June 1, 2000).
- ^ CmdrTaco, Dmoz (aka AOL) Changing Guidelines In Sketchy Way, Slashdot (October 24, 2000).
- ^ Open Directory Project Meta Guidelines
- ^ Arlarson, Editor Removal Explained, Open Directory Project Newsletter (September 2000).
- ^ "The primary problems are that your right to redistribute any given version is not permanent and that it requires the user to keep checking back at that site, which is too restrictive of the user's freedom." FSF: Non-Free Documentation Licenses
- ^ Hriţcu, C., Folksonomies vs. Ontologies, 8 April 2005.
- ^ Shirky, C., Ontology is Overrated: Links, Tags, and Post-hoc Metadata, ITConversations, 15 March 2005.
- ^ Hammond, T., Hannay, T., Lund, B. & Scott, J., Social Bookmarking Tools (I) D-Lib Magazine, April 2005.
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External links
- The Open Directory Project
- Official DMOZ staff blog
- Open Directory Project public forum
- History of the Open Directory Project (article from 1999)
- Dummies Guide to dmoz.org
- Open Directory Project at the Open Directory Project
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