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Open knowledge

Explore 59 projects in the Open knowledge category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

"Open knowledge (or free knowledge) is knowledge that is free to use, reuse, and redistribute without legal, social, or technological restriction.[1] Open knowledge organizations and activists have proposed principles and methodologies related to the production and distribution of knowledge in an open manner." - Wikipedia

59 projects

arXiv.org

arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for nearly 2.4 million scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

WikiProject Medicine

WP:MED as it is known aims to manage and help in curation of Wikipedia's medical articles.

San Francisco
Wikipedia, Good health and well-being

patCit

Building a comprehensive dataset of patent citations

Wikidata search tool for Venezuelan works in public domain

An automated query in Wikidata of all existing profiles of Venezuelan authors, scientists and creators whose works are in the public domain according to national and international laws by virtue of the time elapsed since their death.

Venezuela
Wikipedia, culture

OA.Works

Powerfully simple open access tools for a just and kind information age.

vc-ed (Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force)

The Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force will explore the use of Verifiable Credentials that represent education, employment, and achievement credentials

Quality education

World Health Organization (WHO) Academy

Now under development, the Academy will offer online and in-person courses to millions of health workers and others around the world. 

Lyon
MOOCs, Good health and well-being

Learning Economy Foundation

A Steward of the Internet of Education, Web3, Blockchain, Digital Wallets, Crypto, DOAs, and Verifiable Credentials for Learning

2018
Quality education

LearnCard

What if we worked together to enable learner sovereignty, mobility and agency?

Quality education, apps