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These are '''collections''' of references, images, books, and other "content bundles" for download to the laptop. |
These are '''collections''' of references, images, books, and other "content bundles" for download to the laptop. |
Revision as of 23:28, 23 September 2008
These are collections of references, images, books, and other "content bundles" for download to the laptop.
Please click on the name of a collection for details. Each collection should indicate which builds it has been tested with.
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 in Browse you download a file with the .xol mime-type.
If you have material for public consumption, follow the instructions in Creating a collection and add it to this grid. If you're not sure how to do this, add descriptions and links to the talk page.
At http://dev.laptop.org/~arael/preview/ you can preview some sample bundles.
Collections
library-core
These are G1G1 Activities, a set of activities provided especially for G1G1 users.
Getting started : Introduction to using the XO edit Maintainers: Walter, Sj · License: CC-BY · Mime types: |
Download v.13 · source Tested in: Update.1 (trac) Translate: · available in en and es | |
Biology : An overview of biomes and phyla of the world edit .. Maintainers: Sj, Charles · License: CC-BY · Mime types: |
Download v.5 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · index page in english, content in english, content stored in top-level directory. | |
Wikipedia : Selection from Wikipedia, the collaborative encyclopedia edit see also the more specific wikislices Maintainers: SJ Klein · License: GFDL · Mime types: |
Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · available bundled works in es, pt, en, ar, ur
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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 |
Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en and es · whole Wikijunior books exist in other languages
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Translation dictionary : A compact multilingual translation dictionary edit library core. see also the more detailed dictionaries in Words and at Dictionary Maintainers: Zdenek Broz · License: various; CC-BY · Mime types: |
Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en, es, pt · with translations also to ar, ru
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Storybooks : from the International Children's Digital Library storybook collection edit Maintainers: Ben Bederson · License: some PD · Mime types: |
Download v.5 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · available bundled works in es, pt, mn, en, ar, fa
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Music samples : Music samples for a Browse-able media collection edit library core. Maintainers: Music/Music curators, Andriani · License: CC-BY · Mime types: .ogg |
Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) 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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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: |
Download v.3 · source Tested in: ship.2 (trac) Translate: en ·
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World Factbook maps : Gallery of world factbook maps in PDF. edit library core. The full collection has twice as many maps. see also Projects/Atlas. Maintainers: · License: PD · Mime types: pdf |
Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · en
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Nature photographs : Nature photographs from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons edit library core. see also Projects/Wikipedia; currently not sharing images, but cross-linking Maintainers: Sj · License: GFDL · Mime types: |
Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · little text.
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Bundle archive : A pack of good activity and library bundles that can be installed in the library, for later individual unpacking. edit library core. see also the specific bundles being configured for different regions and audiences Maintainers: Sj · License: various; GPL · Mime types: |
Download v.6 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · en | |
Search the Internet : Introduction to searching the Internet edit a special bundle, currently tied to the browser home page. not separately downloadable at the moment. Maintainers: · License: PD · Mime types: |
Download v.4 · Tested in: all (trac) Translate: · needs localization both into languages and into local search engine links |
Update.1
Books
Storybooks : from the International Children's Digital Library storybook collection edit Maintainers: Ben Bederson · License: some PD · Mime types: |
Download v.5 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · available bundled works in es, pt, mn, en, ar, fa
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Web design : An introduction to html, javascript and elements of web design. edit Needs maintainer. Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · en only, with code and some language-neutral information
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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 |
Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en and es · whole Wikijunior books exist in other languages
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Short stories : Short stories in children's literature. edit formerly from Literature Maintainers: · License: PD · Mime types: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · | |
Lewis Carroll : A collection of Lewis Carroll stories edit Maintainers: Monica · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v.0 · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · | |
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: |
Download v.0 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · | |
Little Brother : Techno romance novel by famed writer Cory Doctorow (EFF employee) about fighting non-functional government systems. edit Maintainers: FFM · License: CC-BY-NC-SA · Mime types: |
Download v.1 · [Little-brother-1.xol source] Tested in: Joyride, Update.1 (trac) Translate: · |
Reference
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: |
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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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: |
Download v.2 · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · en only, needs a good proofreader per language | |
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: |
Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · In en/es/pt/fr | |
Wikislice animals : A collection of information about animals edit Soon in other languages Maintainers: Zdenek Broz, Misha Herscu · License: GFDL · Mime types: |
Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · English See Projects/World Factbook maps and Atlas. | |
WikiHow : A collection of fun things to do from the WikiHow community edit could use translation. Maintainers: Felicity Tepper · License: CC-SA · Mime types: |
Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · | |
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: |
Download v. · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
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 bible : An illustrated bible, translated into many languages edit needs links between languages. Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v.2 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: · single index in en only. Available languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai | |
Koran : A Koran, in Arabic and English edit similar translations needed for other languages Maintainers: user:ZdenekBroz · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v.2 · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: · Bilingual in English and Arabic | |
Quran : A Quran in Arabic edit Maintainers: user:walter · License: unknown · Mime types: pdf |
download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: Another bundle has modern English translations · Arabic |
Math and Science
Biology : An overview of biomes and phyla of the world edit .. Maintainers: Sj, Charles · License: CC-BY · Mime types: |
Download v.5 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · index page in english, content in english, content stored in top-level directory.
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Wikislice chemistry : a collection of chemistry information edit to be updated with data from the WP 0.7 project Maintainers: sj, zdenek · License: GFDL · Mime types: |
Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · In en/es/pt/fr
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Wikislice physics : a collection of physics information edit to be updated with data from the WP 0.7 project Maintainers: sj, zdenek · License: GFDL · Mime types: |
Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · In en/es/pt/fr |
Images
Nature photographs : Nature photographs from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons edit library core. see also Projects/Wikipedia; currently not sharing images, but cross-linking Maintainers: Sj · License: GFDL · Mime types: |
Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · little text.
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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: |
Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: ·
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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: |
Download v.3 · source Tested in: ship.2 (trac) Translate: en · |
Music and Video
Sample media : Sample audio and video edit formerly 'Audio & Video' Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: ·
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Music samples : Music samples for a Browse-able media collection edit library core. Maintainers: Music/Music curators, Andriani · License: CC-BY · Mime types: .ogg |
Download v.3 · source Tested in: none (trac) 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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Csound manual : An overview of how to use Csound edit .. Maintainers: Richard Boulanger · License: GFDL · Mime types: |
Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · currently English |
Activities and Games
Activities : Activities (applications) and library collections for the XO. edit Maintainers: sj · License: various (gpl, gfdl) · Mime types: |
Download v.3 · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · | |
NES games : A collection of ROMs edit from the lists Maintainers: Roberto Faga · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · | |
How-tos : Basic how-tos and ideas for how-tos. edit Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
Web Links
Links : Useful links for teachers, students, and parents. edit Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
Health and Water
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: |
download v.1 · Tested in: (trac) Translate: none · en, es |
Languages
Translation dictionary : A compact multilingual translation dictionary edit library core. see also the more detailed dictionaries in Words and at Dictionary Maintainers: Zdenek Broz · License: various; CC-BY · Mime types: |
Download v.4 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: en, es, pt · with translations also to ar, ru | |
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 · |
Draft / proposed collections
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: |
Download v.1 · Tested in: (trac) Translate: none · learning courses in En and Es coming, Pt and Fr to follow. | |
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: |
Download v. · source Tested in: (trac) Translate: · | |
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 |
Download v.1 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: does localization into new musical families / transposition / "early music" rendering count? · | |
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 | |
TeleHealth Database : Medical ref and diagnosis aid. edit Maintainers: DyD · License: unknown · Mime types: n/a |
Download v. · Tested in: (trac) Translate: · | |
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: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
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.
- Define the generic bundle type for simple collections of files to be shared
- Unify bundle metadata and extensions to avoid extra custom formats and specialized hacks
- Set up converters for SCORM and similar zipped formats that track extra data about bundle use or bundle-related data. (note that in current implementation, it makes more sense to convert them to 'activity' bundles than to 'content' bundles since they capture usage data and provide that to [the browser/launching app].)