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 how to do this, add descriptions and links to the talk page.
more information · preview sample bundles · update_1 testing
Collections
library-core
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Getting started : Introduction to using the XO edit
Maintainers: Walter, Sj · License: CC-BY · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.13 · source
Tested in: Update.1 (trac)
Translate: · available in en and es
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Biology : An overview of biomes and phyla of the world edit
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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.
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| Wikipedia : Selection from Wikipedia, the collaborative encyclopedia edit
see also the more specific wikislices
Maintainers: SJ Klein · License: GFDL · Mime types:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.4 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · available bundled works in es, pt, en, ar, ur
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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"| 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:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.4 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: en, es, pt · with translations also to ar, ru
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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"| Music samples : Music samples for a Browse-able media collection edit
library core.
Maintainers: Music/Music curators, Andriani · License: CC-BY · Mime types: .ogg
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| 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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| 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:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.3 · source
Tested in: ship.2 (trac)
Translate: en ·
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| 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
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.3 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · en
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| 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:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.2 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · little text.
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| 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:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.6 · source
Tested in: none (trac)
Translate: · en
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| width="65%" name="description, authors, static metadata"| 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:
| width="30%" name="versions, builds, locales"| Download v.4 ·
Tested in: all (trac)
Translate: · needs localization both into languages and into local search engine links
Update.1
Books
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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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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: · |
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Lewis Carroll : A collection of Lewis Carroll stories edit Maintainers: Monica · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v.0 · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
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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: · |
Reference
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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: · |
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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
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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: · |
Math and Science
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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
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Photos : edit Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
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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: |
Download v.2 · source Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
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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
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Sample media : Sample audio and video edit formerly 'Audio & Video' Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
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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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Music One : edit Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
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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? · |
Activities and Games
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Activities : Activities (applications) and library collections for the XO. edit Maintainers: sj · License: various (gpl, gfdl) · Mime types: |
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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: · 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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How-tos : Basic how-tos and ideas for how-tos. edit Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
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Meta-activities : edit Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
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Web Links
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Links : Useful links for teachers, students, and parents. edit Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
Health and Water
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TeleHealth Database : Medical ref and diagnosis aid. edit Maintainers: DyD · License: unknown · Mime types: n/a |
Download v. · Tested in: (trac) Translate: · |
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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: |
download v.1 · Tested in: (trac) Translate: none · en, es |
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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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Multilingual dictionary : edit Maintainers: · License: unknown · Mime types: |
Download v. · Tested in: none (trac) Translate: · |
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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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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 · |
Other Learning
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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. |
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].)
