Collections
These are collections of references, images, books, and other content bundles for download to the laptop. Collections should indicate which builds they are tested with. Please click on the name of a collection for details.
To install a collection by hand : unzip it into /home/olpc/Library (creating that directory if it does not exist) and run /usr/share/library-common/make_index.py . This should happen automatically when a file with .xol mime-type is downloaded.
If you have a collection for public consumption, you can bundle it up and add it to the grid. If you're not sure about how to do this, add descriptions and links to the talk page.
Collections
Books and Reference
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Storybooks : from the International Children's Digital Library storybook collection edit
Maintainers: Ben Bederson · License: some PD · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.5 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · available bundled works in es, pt, mn, en, ar, fa
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wikipedia overview : The 1,000 articles every encyclopedia should have. edit
The list of 1,000 also informed the larger Children's Wikipedia.
Maintainers: Andy Sisson · License: unknown · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.5 ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · Available in en, es, pt, ar; many articles in th, some in ur, sw.
This page has a more up-to-date location: WikiBrowse
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Abridged Wikipedia : A set of one to three-paragraph selections from Wikipedia articles edit
see also Wikislice general; to merge
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.2 ·
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · en only, needs a good proofreader per language
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wikislice general : an abridged static encyclopedia edit
v8 to be updated with data from the WP 0.7 project.
Maintainers: sj, zdenek · License: GFDL · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.2 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · In en/es/pt/fr
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wikislice animals : A collection of information about animals edit
Soon in other languages
Maintainers: Zdenek Broz, Misha Herscu · License: GFDL · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.1 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · English
See Projects/World Factbook maps and Atlas.
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Web design : An introduction to html, javascript and elements of web design. edit
Needs maintainer.
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.3 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · en only, with code and some language-neutral information
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Multilingual dictionary : edit
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Children's dictionary : edit
built from dicts.info, dictionary collections from Bablyon, and the collections that ended up in Words.
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| WikiHow : A collection of fun things to do from the WikiHow community edit
could use translation.
Maintainers: Felicity Tepper · License: CC-SA · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.1 · source
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wikibooks : Wikibooks is an open-source textbook creation project with versions in many languages. edit
library core. There is an older bundle with the same name (v.1)
Maintainers: sj · License: GFDL · Mime types: .pdf
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.4 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: en and es · whole Wikijunior books exist in other languages
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Short stories : Short stories in children's literature. edit
formerly from Literature
Maintainers: · License: PD · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Lewis Carroll : A collection of Lewis Carroll stories edit
Maintainers: Monica · License: unknown · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wowio books : A selection of children's books from the Wowio online repository. edit
Was posted here as an online link with good intent; needs maintenance.
Maintainers: Wowio? · License: unknown · Mime types:
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Religion
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| NET Bible : An English language Bible edit
needs links to other languages. .
Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz · License: unknown · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| download v.1 · source
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Translate: · single index in en only. many other languages are available.
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Illustrated bible : An illustrated bible, translated into many languages edit
needs links between languages.
Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz · License: unknown · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.2 · source
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Translate: · single index in en only. Available languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Koran : A Koran, in Arabic and English edit
similar translations needed for other languages
Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz · License: unknown · Mime types:
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Translate: · Bilingual in English and Arabic
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Sacred texts : A bundle of sacred texts from various religions edit
Just a suggestion at this stage. Based on the assumption that we shouldn't be giving kids a limited selection of religious texts. It's too much like endorsing certain religions. However a large selection of texts representing all major and some minor religions has educational value. Representative materials from world religion course.
Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz · License: unknown · Mime types:
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Math and Science
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Biology : An overview of biomes and phyla of the world edit
..
Maintainers: Sj, Charles · License: CC-BY · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.5 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · index page in english, content in english, content stored in top-level directory.
Images and Maps
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Photos : edit
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wikipedia featured pictures : A collection of features pictures, primarily photographs, from Wikipedia edit
A candidate data-collection to organize so that high res photos in this collection are usable by other wikislices referencing them.
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Famous paintings : A selection of images of famous classical paintings. edit
The images needs complete alt text and attribution.
Maintainers: · License: various (cc-by, cc-sa, gfdl) · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Atlas : Interactive lightweight atlas that is hackable, can make use of open layer data, and can link out from the leaf node to data relevant to that location. edit
see also Projects/World Factbook maps
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v. · source
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| World culture : Selections from the Library of Congress's World Digital Library edit
library core. there are translations of many of these in the Library; here the text is english.
Maintainers: Sj · License: PD · Mime types:
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Tested in: ship.2 (trac)
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Music and Video
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Sample media : Sample audio and video edit
formerly 'Audio & Video'
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Music samples : Music samples for a Browse-able media collection edit
library core.
Maintainers: Music/Music curators, Andriani · License: CC-BY · Mime types: .ogg
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Translate: · these aren't tightly bound to a region, but sample collections by region are needed. Browsing Csound collections would cover most musical traditions.
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Classical music : A selection of midi files of famous classical pieces edit
Midi set desperately ISO scores to self
Maintainers: Midi group · License: unknown · Mime types: midi
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Translate: does localization into new musical families / transposition / "early music" rendering count? ·
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Music One : edit
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Activities and Games
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Activities : Activities (applications) and library collections for the XO. edit
Maintainers: sj · License: various (gpl, gfdl) · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| NES games : A collection of ROMs edit
from the lists
Maintainers: Roberto Faga · License: unknown · Mime types:
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The short and long clip we used to demo are available for testing online, but RV is no longer supported on default builds.
Lessons learned for future work to share TV episodes: Transcode in multiple formats and resolutions. Make high-res versions in various formats available for end-users to reconvert. Where space is an issue, it's better to have a low-res version of the entire episode than to split it up. It's fine to have individual works (audio or video) downloaded as their own standalone activity.
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| How-tos : Basic how-tos and ideas for how-tos. edit
Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types:
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Meta-activities : edit
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Web Links
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Links : Useful links for teachers, students, and parents. edit
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Health and Water
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TeleHealth Database : Medical ref and diagnosis aid. edit Maintainers: DyD · License: unknown · Mime types: n/a |
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Uniwiki : A set of water and sanitation materials, with links to community pages. edit Index page in spanish, with link to second index page in english. Two versions of content, english and spanish. Maintainers: user:chriswaterguy · License: unknown · Mime types: |
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Appropedia : A set of water and sanitation materials edit Intended: long and mini versions, and perhaps "A. Jr" as well. Currently being created on appropedia[1] Maintainers: [user:chriswaterguy]] · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v.1 · Tested in: (trac) Translate: none · English only |
Languages
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Colingo : A set of language-learning videos edit
needs developers to help turn mock-up and description into code.
Maintainers: Ben Lowenstein · License: unknown · Mime types:
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e-Learning for Kids
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Age 5 Math : A math bundle in Flash edit
Content Bundle in the works for K-12 e-learning courses in English and Spanish. Portuguese and French to come soon. First course for testing. Release 12/12
Maintainers: e-Learning for Kids · License: unknown · Mime types:
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Translate: none · learning courses in En and Es coming, Pt and Fr to follow.
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Update 1
Collections to test for Update 1:
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NET Bible : An English language Bible edit needs links to other languages. . Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz · License: unknown · Mime types: |
download v.1 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: · single index in en only. many other languages are available. |
To-do
Update the browser mime-type list so it knows how to unpack and stow away content bundlesUpdate the library main page to generate its navigation dynamically from its directory list- Publicise this standard to people with game, audio, video, text, and other libraries; including activities that are registering mime-types with the browser and want to offer a way to browse their projects without launching them directly: for instance, Etoys should automatically produce a content bundle linking to its projects on the laptop build... perhaps with a section linking to other projects online.
