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Keynote

Wikipedia, Open Source, and Knowledge Communities

Mitchell Kapor, Founder & Chair, Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF)

Track: General
Date: Thursday, April 27
Time: 9:15am - 10:00am
Location: Ballrooms E - H

The Wikipedia is having a dramatic and unexpected impact as an open source-based, community-driven method of creating and disseminating valuable knowledge and information on a global basis.

How is a free and open online encyclopedia, entirely written and edited by its users, managing to outstrip conventional media in audience, breadth, and depth? What are the implications for other kinds of content, for publishing, and for information technology, especially open source-based business models in general?



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