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The Open Definition

The Open Definition (formerly Open Knowledge Definition) is published by the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) to define openness for any type of data, content, or other knowledge. The definition's stated purpose is to " precise the meaning of ‘open’ with respect to knowledge". Although it draws philosophically from both the open-source and free software…

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The Open Definition

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples34
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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The Open Definition

Top relations

related to background · 15
The Open Definition → According, Although, Bruce Perens' Open Source, David Wiley's, Debian Free Software Guidelines, Definition, It, OKF, Open Content License, Open Definition, Richard Stallman’s, The, The Open Knowledge Foundation, The Open Source Definition, United-Kingdom-based NGO
related to Licensing · 7
The Open Definition → As, It, Licenses, Open Definition, The, The OKF, With
related to Alternatives · 6
The Open Definition → Gartner, In, Most, Open Definition, The, Thus
related to Derivatives · 6
The Open Definition → API, He, Lawyer Andrew Katz, Open Definition, Service Definition, The OKF's Open Software

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Important terminology

open definition content knowledge free license data access software use okf reuse openness compatibility works licenses also open-source stated requiring

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Open Definitionrelated to AlternativesMost0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to AlternativesOpen Definition0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to AlternativesGartner0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to AlternativesThe0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to AlternativesIn0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to AlternativesThus0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to backgroundThe Open Knowledge Foundation0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to backgroundOKF0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to backgroundUnited-Kingdom-based NGO0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to backgroundAccording0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to backgroundOpen Definition0.60section
The Open Definitionrelated to backgroundBruce Perens' Open Source0.60section

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