Flickr

Flickr[1] is an online photo management and sharing application. It allows for uploading content in a Creative Commons license. Subsequently, there are millions of Creative Commons images [2] at flickr. In addition, there is a large OLPC Group [3] there as well.

Roadmap

Before we can gather a collection (or multiple collections) of images from flickr we must:

• Decide what kind of images we want
• Decide what guidelines and requirements we want images to meet
• Decide what licensing we will require
  • Figure out a method to satisfy said licenses

Images needed to illustrate:

• eBook (wikibook) Illustrations
• Leveled reader Illustrations
• Dictionary association (word abstraction layer)
• Photojourmalism

Stand alone collections:

• Ethnography Collections
  • From multiple cultures
  • From and for distribution country
  • Children from many cultures
    • Children playing sport(s) in many locations/cultures

Photo Requirements

• Technical Requirements
  • Focus
  • Depth of Field/Focus
  • Exposure (histogram clipping)
  • Composition (can sometimes be cropped)
  • White/Color Balance (can be adjusted/compensated)
  • Resolution/size (minimum cutoff Res?)

• Non-offensive
  • Age Appropriate
  • Race/ethnic/tribal group
  • Religion
  • Politically
  • Must be international / Not Western-centric

• License
  • Photos must at least be compatible with the Wiki License CC-by 2.5
  • Photos must be displayed in a way that provides a link from a credit page to the photo's URL on Flickr

Assessment

Scope: Huge.

Completeness: Huge.

Multilingualism: French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Traditional Chinese.

Quality: Diverse and varied, but supports user tagging.

Freeness: Licenses selected by individuals.

Curator Info

Curator: Seth Woodworth