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These are '''collections''' of references, images, books, and other [[content bundles]] available for download to the laptop. Collections on this page should have been tested in a build, and should indicate which builds they work on. Click on the name of a collection for details. |
These are '''collections''' of references, images, books, and other [[content bundles]] available for download to the laptop. Collections on this page should have been tested in a build, and should indicate which builds they work on. Click on the name of a collection for details. |
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: ''see also: [[Activities]], [[Projects]]''. |
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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 <tt>.xol</tt> mime-type is downloaded. |
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 <tt>.xol</tt> mime-type is downloaded. |
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If you have a collection for public consumption, you can [[creating a content bundle|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:Library grid|talk page]]. |
If you have a collection for public consumption, you can [[creating a content bundle|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:Library grid|talk page]]. |
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* [[Content bundles|more information]] · [http://dev.laptop.org/pub/content/library/search/bundle_index.html preview sample bundles]. |
* [[Content bundles|more information]] · [http://dev.laptop.org/pub/content/library/search/bundle_index.html preview sample bundles]. |
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* to test collections on a joyride/update.1 build, see [[#Update 1|the '''update.1 section''']]. |
* to test collections on a joyride/update.1 build, see [[#Update 1|the '''update.1 section''']]. |
Revision as of 21:49, 9 January 2008
These are collections of references, images, books, and other content bundles available for download to the laptop. Collections on this page should have been tested in a build, and should indicate which builds they work on. 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.
- more information · preview sample bundles.
- to test collections on a joyride/update.1 build, see the update.1 section.
Collections
Books and Reference
Bundle Name | Subcategory | Description | Base | School Server | l10n | Download URL | Notes |
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International Childrens Digital Library | children's books | - | - | - | Notes: index page in english. content in persian / farsi, english, spanish, croatian, portuguese. each item is a single language, and is stored in its own directory. | ||
Wikipedia | encyclopedia | - | - | - | Notes: no top-level index page. content in english, spanish, portuguese, and simple english. each language (with customized index page) is stored in its own directory. | - | |
Abridged Wikipedia | encyclopedia | - | - | - | Notes: Single index in English. Content in English. 12600 short articles from Wikipedia in one bundle. | Preview | - |
WikiSlice | encyclopedia | - | - | - | Notes: Content in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. About 900 selected articles from Wikipedia. | Preview | - |
WikiSlice - animals | encyclopedia | - | - | - | Notes: Content in English. About 300 selected articles about animals from Wikipedia. | Preview | - |
CIA World factbook | reference | - | - | - | Notes: Single index in English. Content in English. | Preview | - |
Web design reference | reference | - | - | - | Notes: Single index in English. Content in English. | Preview | - |
Multilingual dictionary | reference | - Translation of word from one language to another language ex. Spanish-English or English-Spanish | - | - | Notes: Single index in English. Content in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian etc. | Preview |
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OLPC Children's Dictionary | reference | - Word definitions: Defined meanings of words in multiple languages | N | ? | Notes: Part of the OmegaWiki Dictionary Project | [1] | - |
WikiHow | reference | - | - | - | Notes: Single index in English. Content in English. | Preview | - |
WikiBooks | reference | - | - | - | Notes: Single index in English. Content in English. | Preview | - |
Literature | literature | - | - | - | Notes: single index page but in multiple languages. content in english, spanish, portuguese, german, italian, dutch, french. all files stored in top-level directory. | - | |
Lewis Carroll Collection | stories | All the stories of Lewis Carroll available via Project Gutenberg, in English - just a folder containing all the .txt files, one per book. Made by Mel as a simple test library for her to learn about library-making with. | N | N | Notes: All content in English. No top-level index page, all files stored in top-level directory. | - | |
Wowio Children Books | stories/various | Free downloadable PDFs of all kinds, with 50+ children's ebooks, both recent and public domain, with color illustrations. Mainly in English, but some Spanish and bilingual. Ad-supported ebooks, and registration on Wowio website is required. Note: These files are fairly large, so they should be saved on a memory card. Books are usually 5-10 megabyte for a 35-40 page book. You can search by age and by subject matter. | N | N | Notes: Mainly English, but some Spanish language/bilingual titles. Note: You can only register if you are a US resident. | Wowio Children's Books | - |
Religion | |||||||
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. | ||||||
Illustrated bibles | Bible | - | - | N | Available languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai | Preview | - |
Koran | Koran | - | - | - | Content in English and Arabic. | Preview | - |
Sacred texts bundle | Religion | 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. | ? | ? | Notes: | - | |
Math and Science | |||||||
Biology | biology | - | - | - | Notes: index page in english, content in english, content stored in top-level directory. | - | |
Images and Maps | |||||||
Photos | nature | - | - | - | Notes: Index in english. Content is language-neutral (all images). Content stored in top-level directory | - | |
Wikipedia featured pictures | various | - | - | - | Notes: Index in english. Content is language-neutral (all images). | Preview | - |
Famous paintings | art | - | - | - | Notes: Index in English. Content in English. | Preview | - |
Atlas | atlas | - | - | - | Notes: Index in english. Content in english. Content stored in top-level directory | - | |
World Digital Library | historical | - | - | - | Notes: Index in english. Content in english. Content stored in directories according to genre (images, photos, treasures) | - | |
Music and Video | |||||||
Audio & Video | media | - | - | - | Notes: Index in portuguese (?). Content in portuguese. Content stored in top-level directory. | - | |
Music | music | Music from Jamendo, autobuilt bundle from a list of jamendo track IDs. | Y | Y | Artist names and track names, not translatable. Genre info translatable, currently filled in by the artists. | - | |
Classical music | music | Classical music in MIDI format. | - | - | Content in English. | Preview | - |
Music One | music | Same as above, but only one track | - | - | same as above | - | |
Musical Look At Waste | music | Instructions on building musical instruments from waste and common materials, for kids (and grown-ups) to build | ? | ? | English (translations welcome) | Preview download |
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Olhar Musical Sobre os Resíduos | music | Instrucções de construção de instrumentos musicais a partir de resíduos e objectos comuns, para crianças (e adultos) construirem | ? | ? | Português (traduções são bem vindas) | Preview download | - |
Activities and Games | |||||||
Activities | games | - | - | - | Notes: Index in english. Content in english. Content stored in top-level directory. | - | |
NES games | games | - | - | - | Notes: Index in english. Content in English. | Preview | - |
Sesame video | media | - | - | - | Notes: Index in english, spanish, takalani. Content in all. | interface | |
How-tos | how-to | - | - | - | - | Preview. See also WikiHow. | |
Meta-activities | activities | - | - | - | - | Online repository of learning activities.
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Web Links | |||||||
Links | search the web | - | - | - | Notes: Index page in english, with links to resources in many languages. No leaf content. | - | |
Health and Water | |||||||
TeleHealth Database : Medical ref and diagnosis aid. edit Maintainers: DyD · License: unknown · Mime types: n/a |
Download v. · Tested in: (trac) Translate: · | ||||||
Uniwiki | water & environment | - | Y | Y | Notes: Index page in spanish, with link to second index page in egnlish. Two versions of content, english and spanish. Both stored in top-level directory. | - | |
Appropedia | mini-Appropedia Jr. | - | - | - | Currently being created on appropedia, to be bundled in .xol and uploaded here by Aug. 15 | - | - |
Languages | |||||||
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: |
Download v.1 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: none · | ||||||
e-Learning for Kids | |||||||
e-Learning for Kids | For Kids to play and learn | Courses available in... Math, Language Arts, Science, English Language, Health and Life Skills] | - | - | 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 | Preview Age_5_Math.xol |
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Older: File:Dictionary.xol, File:Encyclopedia.xol
Update 1
Here are collections for Update 1.
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: |
Download v.1 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: none · |
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- Publicize 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.