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DMOZ: History, Art & Measurement

DMOZ or DMoz (stylized dmoz in its logo; from directory.mozilla.org, an earlier domain name) was a multilingual open-content directory of World Wide Web links. The site and community who maintained it were also known as the Open Directory Project (ODP). It was owned by AOL (now a part of Yahoo! Inc) but constructed and maintained by a community of…

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DMOZ topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around DMOZ.

Related topics
64
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
71
Extracted relationships
156
Related term clusters
24
Bridge connections
71

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 18 topics
Content · 17 topics
Controversy and criticism · 10 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Software · 8 topics
ChefMoz · 2 topics
Policies and procedures · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Available in
90 languages, including English
Content license
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Open Directory License
Current status
Closed
Dissolved
March 17, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-17)
Formerly
GnuHoo (1998) · NewHoo (1998) · Open Directory Project (1998–1999)
Launched
June 5, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-06-05)

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Overview

History

Content

Policies and procedures

Controversy and criticism

Software

ChefMoz

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Advanced semantic analysis

How DMOZ connects Entity context

The extracted context around DMOZ shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, DMOZ → After Richard Stallman, AOL, Bob Truel, Bryn Dole, Chris Tolles, DMOZLogo, Free Software Foundation, Gnu, GnuHoo, Hoo, Jeremy Wenokur, June, March, Netscape, Netscape Communications Corporation, NetscapeLogo, NewHoo, NewHooLogo, October, Open Directory Another extracted example is DMOZ → Although, CNN, DMOZ's, January, Links, October, ODP's, Public Abuse Report System, Rich Skrenta, Rolling Stone, Topix, Uninhibited. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

DMOZ

Top relations

related to history · 34
DMOZ → After Richard Stallman, AOL, Bob Truel, Bryn Dole, Chris Tolles, DMOZLogo, Free Software Foundation, Gnu, GnuHoo, Hoo, Jeremy Wenokur, June, March, Netscape, Netscape Communications Corporation, NetscapeLogo, NewHoo, NewHooLogo, October, Open Directory
related to Controversy and criticism · 12
DMOZ → Although, CNN, DMOZ's, January, Links, October, ODP's, Public Abuse Report System, Rich Skrenta, Rolling Stone, Topix, Uninhibited
related to Competing and spinoff projects · 11
DMOZ → As DMOZ, ChefMoz, DMOZ's, Finally, Go, Larry Sanger, MusicMoz, Nupedia, Open Site, Wikipedia, Zeal
related to Content users · 11
DMOZ → Alexa, AOL Search, Directory, Gigablast, Google Directory, July, May, Netscape Search, Overture, Web's, Yahoo
related to System failure and editing outage, October to December 2006 · 9
DMOZ → AOL, December, DMOZ's, Intel-based, On January, On October, RDF, Site Suggestion, Update Listings
related to Interface · 7
DMOZ → Creative Commons, GNU, GNU General Public License, June, Richard Skrenta, The DMOZ, Web
related to Editor removal procedures · 6
DMOZ → According, Arlarson, Discussions, DMOZ's, Editor Removal Explained, Volunteer
related to Maintenance · 6
DMOZ → Directory, Periodically, Robozilla, Shortly, Still, Web
related to Policies and procedures · 5
DMOZ → DMOZ's, Editing Guidelines, Mentorship, Restrictions, Upon
related to RDF dumps · 5
DMOZ → DMOZ RDF, New, RDF, RDF-like, XML

Important terminology

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Important terminology

directory editors editing editor site open categories listings web license category sites dmoz's staff content rdf forums aol community privileges

DMOZ relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 156 structured relationships around DMOZ. Examples in this analysis include DMOZ → Available in → 90 languages, including English and DMOZ → Content license → Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Open Directory License. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DMOZAvailable in90 languages, including English1.00infobox
DMOZContent licenseCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported, Open Directory License1.00infobox
DMOZCurrent statusClosed1.00infobox
DMOZDissolvedMarch 17, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-17)1.00infobox
DMOZFormerlyGnuHoo (1998)1.00infobox
DMOZFormerlyNewHoo (1998)1.00infobox
DMOZFormerlyOpen Directory Project (1998–1999)1.00infobox
DMOZLaunchedJune 5, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-06-05)1.00infobox
DMOZParentAOL1.00infobox
DMOZRegistrationOptional1.00infobox
DMOZSuccessorCurlie.org1.00infobox
DMOZType of siteWeb directory1.00infobox
DMOZURLwww.dmoz.org (Archived 2018-01-19 at the Wayback Machine)1.00infobox
DMOZUsers90,0001.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around DMOZ bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Editor, Editing and Data. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • DMOZ
    • Editor
    • Editing
    • Data
    • Web
    • Search
    • License
    • Dmoz's
    • Site
    • Curlie
    • Aol
    • Available
    • Rdf
  • dmoz
    • Editor
    • Editing
    • Data
    • Web
    • Search
    • License
    • Dmoz's
    • Site
    • Curlie
    • Aol
    • Available
    • Rdf
  • world wide web
    • Links
    • Open
    • Content
    • Curlie
    • Dmoz
    • Also
    • Available
    • Software
    • Data
    • Directory
    • Listed
    • License
  • directory
    • Open
    • Category
    • Dmoz
    • Site
    • Links
    • Available
    • Content
    • Privileges
    • License
    • Web
    • Netscape
    • Project
  • yahoo! directory
    • Open
    • Category
    • Dmoz
    • Site
    • Links
    • Available
    • Content
    • Privileges
    • License
    • Web
    • Netscape
    • Project
  • open site
    • License
    • Content
    • Project
    • Web
    • Netscape
    • Site
    • Data
    • Use
    • Available
    • May
    • Software
    • Guidelines
  • web crawler
    • Links
    • Open
    • Content
    • Curlie
    • Dmoz
    • Also
    • Available
    • Software
    • Data
    • Directory
    • Listed
    • License
  • directory services
    • Open
    • Category
    • Dmoz
    • Site
    • Links
    • Available
    • Content
    • Privileges
    • License
    • Web
    • Netscape
    • Project

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For DMOZ, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects DMOZ with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
DMOZ — History · splits 53 ⟂ 19
DMOZ — Content · splits 54 ⟂ 18
DMOZ — Controversy and criticism · splits 61 ⟂ 11
DMOZ — Overview · splits 63 ⟂ 9
DMOZ — Software · splits 63 ⟂ 9
DMOZ — ChefMoz · splits 69 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

DMOZ

Nodes72
Edges71
Triples156
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around DMOZ to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — DMOZ · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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