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B y t e s F o r A l l
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Interesting, random links the Creative Commons Summit 2021
Compiled by Frederick Noronha / @fn
+91-9822122436 frederic...@gmail.com
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RECOGNISE HANDWRITING -- WHERE AI MEETS HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS:
Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) tool Transkribus is a way
of rendering historical manuscript material into
machine-readable printed text. It allows one to upload
document images to the platform, run automated features like
line segmentation and layout/document analysis, as well as
how to train an AI-enabled model to automatically transcribe
text. Transkribus is a comprehensive platform for the
digitisation, AI-powered text recognition, transcription and
searching of historical documents -- from any place, any
time, and in any language. https://readcoop.eu/transkribus/
WORKING WITH MESSY DATA: OpenRefine, a cross-platform open
source tool for cleaning messy data. OpenRefine is a
powerful tool for working with messy data: cleaning it;
transforming it from one format into another, and extending
it with web services and external data. https://openrefine.org/
OPEN SOURCE RESOURCES FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: Follow the
link below to access Richard’s list of open-source resources
for conservation, preservation, development, and
documentation of endangered, minority, and low or under
resourced human languages.
https://github.com/LowResourceLanguages/endangered-languages
SOME INDIA LINKS
-------------------------------------------------
CC-INDIA CHAPTER link via Telegram: Search for
CC-India Chapter. Occasional updates and sharing
of useful links there. Check it out.
ONE RECENT LINK: Hardlook: Copyright vs wrong A
case between three academic publishers and the
creator of pirate website Sci-Hub is currently
being fought in the Delhi High Court.
https://tinyurl.com/yh5rqu9w
CHEM-MYSTERY! A series of podcasts meant for
chemistry education. Attempts to develop an
interest in Chemistry as a subject and to know the
intriguing struggles of scientists -- invaluable
and yet often not mentioned in the textbooks.
Welcome to the world of Chem-mystery!
https://soundcloud.com/ajita-deshmukh/chem-mystery
AutSPACEs, ON THE DAILY EXPERIENCES OF THE
AUTISTIC: Anoushka Ramesh (@wheredatkid) was
selected to participate as a student for @INCForg
[INCF supports the development of FAIR and open
standards and best practices for global
neuroscience]. She will be working on building a
working prototype of the AutSPACEs website.
AutSPACEs is a co-created, participatory,
citizen-science platform which will be used to
investigate how sensory processing differences
affect the daily experiences of autistic people.
PROJECT TO EXPAND ACCESS AND SPEED UP DRUG DISCOVERY: Achal
Prabhala is a Shuttleworth Fellow and coordinator of the
AccessIBSA, a project set up to expand access and speed up
the discovery of new drugs in India, Brazil and South Africa.
https://accessibsa.org
WITH INDIAN MANTRAS: In 2021, Ranjit Menon designed and built
his own interactive heritage electronic audio with various
Indian mantras inside: https://tinyurl.com/yfafujn2 - this
helped him to explore the overlap of digital fabrication with
cultural heritage. Menon has also engaged with long lost
archives from the E.A.T (Experiments in Arts and Technology
1960s-70s) that he stumbled upon at India's NID (National
Institute of Design) left behind in various places in the
campus - prompting an interesting attempt to recover the
archives by getting in touch with the original E.A.T.
members and associates from the era. http://t.ly/FYvs
BRINGING INTERACTIVE PRACTICAL SCIENCE TO STUDENTS: The
OpenScience Laboratory is an initiative of The Open
University and The Wolfson Foundation. This online
laboratory brings interactive practical science to students
anywhere and anytime the internet is available. The
laboratory features investigations based on on-screen
instruments, remote access experiments and virtual scenarios
using real data. Several activities are available to all,
some only to registered users. Come in and look around.
https://learn5.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2
SMEX.ORG SAYS THIS: We Advance Digital Rights to ensure the
internet for you. Researching internet law and policy.
Tracking digital rights violations. Keeping you safe online.
Advocating for an open, secure internet. Producing localized
resources (focussed on the MENA region). https://smex.org/
UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA, the Open University of
Portugal: https://portal.uab.pt/en/
SUITE TO CREATE COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE BASES: Wikibase is an
open-source software suite for creating collaborative
knowledge bases, opening the door to the Linked Open Data web.
Wikibase is a free, open-source software developed and
maintained by Wikimedia Deutschland. Originally developed to
run the free knowledge base Wikidata, Wikibase is now being
developed as a software product in its own right. Why?
Because it is a free, flexible and collaborative software
solution that allows users to set up and maintain their own
linked database. Wikibase is increasingly being used by
GLAM, government and research institutions to store and
manage data. This talk will contain an introduction to
Wikibase, showcases, how to get started, and our plans for
the future. https://wikiba.se/
A WIKI FOR SMALL HISTORY: Wikidocumentaries is a wiki for
small history - a place to pull together traces of history
and turn them into stories. Start by searching for a topic
of interest! What is Wikidocumentaries? Wikidocumentaries
is a maker space for citizen historians. It combines
information about topics – people, places, buildings, events
and more. You can navigate between the topics by following
any recorded connection such as family relations, locations,
creators and creations or affiliation. A topic is
illustrated with images and maps from connected museums,
archives and libraries. In Wikidocumentaries, it will be
possible to correct existing information and add new topics,
bring in your own images and recollections, and use all the
material for your own purposes. Susanna Ånäs
https://wikidocumentaries-demo.wmflabs.org/
MEDICAL HARDWARE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE:Glia ::
High-quality, low-cost open-source medical hardware that
makes a difference. At Glia, we believe in creating and
sharing hardware that is easily accessible and can be
manufactured in low-resource settings. Thousands of our
devices are already in use around the world.
https://www.glia.org/
Glia works to develop, validate, & disseminate high-quality,
open-access medical equipment for global use, especially in
low-income, & low-resource communities. We provide open &
equitable access to all work, data, & procedures while making
software & hardware plans available to allow others to
independently build high-quality, validated, safe, &
affordable medical devices. Provision of inexpensive &
modifiable devices will improve patient care by providing
rural & disadvantaged communities with improved access to
important life-saving, high-quality medical devices approved
by Health Canada.
OPEN EDUCATION: Open education is an educational movement
founded on openness, with connections to other educational
movements such as critical pedagogy, and with an educational
stance which favours widening participation and inclusiveness
in society.[1] Open education broadens access to the learning
and training traditionally offered through formal education
systems[2] and is typically (but not necessarily) offered
through online and distance education. The qualifier "open"
refers to the elimination of barriers that can preclude both
opportunities and recognition for participation in
institution-based learning. One aspect of openness or
"opening up" education is the development and adoption of
open educational resources in support of open educational
practices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_education
OPEN EDUCATION @ CC: The Open Education program at Creative
Commons works to minimize barriers to effective education,
supporting the CC mission through education, training,
advocacy and outreach on using open licenses and open
policies to maximize the benefits of open education (content,
practices and policy). Our work spans all levels of
education, industry and government.
https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/education-oer/
FOR KIDS, BY KIDS: Project-Based Learning Meets New Media
Creation Clubs and classes, for kids, by kids: Tract is an
innovative edtech startup with education resources developed
for K-12 students by high school and college students. The
Tract materials are not the kind of free-for-all, low value
junk education videos that we’ve seen before. They aren’t
just youthed-up video lectures with emojis and trendy music
but require students to engage the material through tasks,
projects and direct peer-to-peer connections. https://tract.app/
DOCUMENTING LOCAL VOICES AND ARCHIVES: Newspapers often
represent the most extensive documentation of a community’s
past. Across Canada, newspapers are struggling and many have
closed. From local libraries and archives stewarding their
community newspapers to provincial and national strategies,
the GLAM community is responding proactively to the
challenging local news landscape. Research on permissions
for newspaper digitization and access in the GLAM sector, and
the possibility of using CC licenses are being explored and
will be reported on in this session. https://ourdigitalworld.net/
OPENLEARNX: Curriki and Red Hat are collaborating to launch
OpenLearnX - the Education Technology Commons. We envision a
community where educators, learners and organizations can
build, share, publish, and re-use active, open learning
resources, and participate in open learning practices at a
global scale.
Curriki bridges the virtual education gap through open source
https://t.ly/6ZPe
CurrikiStudio
https://youtu.be/ThTDT-VD4FM
FREE COURSES: Produced by The Open University, a world leader
in open and distance learning, all OpenLearn courses are free
to study. We offer nearly 1000 free courses across 8
different subject areas. Our courses are available to start
right away. https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses
COALITION FOR CREATIVITY: https://coalition4creativity.org/
C4C -- a Declaration for Europe, embodies a new approach to
European copyright -- an approach where everyone benefits,
innovation is fostered, creativity is incentivised and
rewarded, and access to the fruits of the European creative
spirit is improved for all Europeans. Alongside the
declaration, individual signatories have provided a set of
examples of uses of creative works to illustrate some of the
issues they believe should be discussed at EU level to
achieve the objectives of the declaration. We believe a
debate about the law which isn’t focused on the practical
application of the law is a missed opportunity. A short
infographic summarising what C4C stands for can be found
here. To contact C4C directly, do get in touch with Caroline
De Cock, Coordinator of the C4C Coalition, at +32 (474)
840515 or secre...@coalition4creativity.org. C4C is
listed in the Joint European Commission – European Parliament
Transparency Register. Caroline De Cock Coordinator, C4C
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
BytesForAll was launched circa July 1999, to focus on how
software, hardward and the Internet could play a role in
social development -- even before the ICT4D debate became a
"fashion". Cofounded by Frederick Noronha and Partha Sarkar.
http://groups.google.com/group/bytesforall_readers
See a historical snapshot at https://tinyurl.com/yjjoreya
See more about the CC Summit at
https://summit.creativecommons.org/2021-program/
B y t e s F o r A l l
--------------------------------------------------------
Interesting, random links the Creative Commons Summit 2021
Compiled by Frederick Noronha / @fn
+91-9822122436 frederic...@gmail.com
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
RECOGNISE HANDWRITING -- WHERE AI MEETS HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS:
Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) tool Transkribus is a way
of rendering historical manuscript material into
machine-readable printed text. It allows one to upload
document images to the platform, run automated features like
line segmentation and layout/document analysis, as well as
how to train an AI-enabled model to automatically transcribe
text. Transkribus is a comprehensive platform for the
digitisation, AI-powered text recognition, transcription and
searching of historical documents -- from any place, any
time, and in any language. https://readcoop.eu/transkribus/
WORKING WITH MESSY DATA: OpenRefine, a cross-platform open
source tool for cleaning messy data. OpenRefine is a
powerful tool for working with messy data: cleaning it;
transforming it from one format into another, and extending
it with web services and external data. https://openrefine.org/
OPEN SOURCE RESOURCES FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: Follow the
link below to access Richard’s list of open-source resources
for conservation, preservation, development, and
documentation of endangered, minority, and low or under
resourced human languages.
https://github.com/LowResourceLanguages/endangered-languages
SOME INDIA LINKS
-------------------------------------------------
CC-INDIA CHAPTER link via Telegram: Search for
CC-India Chapter. Occasional updates and sharing
of useful links there. Check it out.
ONE RECENT LINK: Hardlook: Copyright vs wrong A
case between three academic publishers and the
creator of pirate website Sci-Hub is currently
being fought in the Delhi High Court.
https://tinyurl.com/yh5rqu9w
CHEM-MYSTERY! A series of podcasts meant for
chemistry education. Attempts to develop an
interest in Chemistry as a subject and to know the
intriguing struggles of scientists -- invaluable
and yet often not mentioned in the textbooks.
Welcome to the world of Chem-mystery!
https://soundcloud.com/ajita-deshmukh/chem-mystery
AutSPACEs, ON THE DAILY EXPERIENCES OF THE
AUTISTIC: Anoushka Ramesh (@wheredatkid) was
selected to participate as a student for @INCForg
[INCF supports the development of FAIR and open
standards and best practices for global
neuroscience]. She will be working on building a
working prototype of the AutSPACEs website.
AutSPACEs is a co-created, participatory,
citizen-science platform which will be used to
investigate how sensory processing differences
affect the daily experiences of autistic people.
PROJECT TO EXPAND ACCESS AND SPEED UP DRUG DISCOVERY: Achal
Prabhala is a Shuttleworth Fellow and coordinator of the
AccessIBSA, a project set up to expand access and speed up
the discovery of new drugs in India, Brazil and South Africa.
https://accessibsa.org
WITH INDIAN MANTRAS: In 2021, Ranjit Menon designed and built
his own interactive heritage electronic audio with various
Indian mantras inside: https://tinyurl.com/yfafujn2 - this
helped him to explore the overlap of digital fabrication with
cultural heritage. Menon has also engaged with long lost
archives from the E.A.T (Experiments in Arts and Technology
1960s-70s) that he stumbled upon at India's NID (National
Institute of Design) left behind in various places in the
campus - prompting an interesting attempt to recover the
archives by getting in touch with the original E.A.T.
members and associates from the era. http://t.ly/FYvs
BRINGING INTERACTIVE PRACTICAL SCIENCE TO STUDENTS: The
OpenScience Laboratory is an initiative of The Open
University and The Wolfson Foundation. This online
laboratory brings interactive practical science to students
anywhere and anytime the internet is available. The
laboratory features investigations based on on-screen
instruments, remote access experiments and virtual scenarios
using real data. Several activities are available to all,
some only to registered users. Come in and look around.
https://learn5.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2
SMEX.ORG SAYS THIS: We Advance Digital Rights to ensure the
internet for you. Researching internet law and policy.
Tracking digital rights violations. Keeping you safe online.
Advocating for an open, secure internet. Producing localized
resources (focussed on the MENA region). https://smex.org/
UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA, the Open University of
Portugal: https://portal.uab.pt/en/
SUITE TO CREATE COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE BASES: Wikibase is an
open-source software suite for creating collaborative
knowledge bases, opening the door to the Linked Open Data web.
Wikibase is a free, open-source software developed and
maintained by Wikimedia Deutschland. Originally developed to
run the free knowledge base Wikidata, Wikibase is now being
developed as a software product in its own right. Why?
Because it is a free, flexible and collaborative software
solution that allows users to set up and maintain their own
linked database. Wikibase is increasingly being used by
GLAM, government and research institutions to store and
manage data. This talk will contain an introduction to
Wikibase, showcases, how to get started, and our plans for
the future. https://wikiba.se/
A WIKI FOR SMALL HISTORY: Wikidocumentaries is a wiki for
small history - a place to pull together traces of history
and turn them into stories. Start by searching for a topic
of interest! What is Wikidocumentaries? Wikidocumentaries
is a maker space for citizen historians. It combines
information about topics – people, places, buildings, events
and more. You can navigate between the topics by following
any recorded connection such as family relations, locations,
creators and creations or affiliation. A topic is
illustrated with images and maps from connected museums,
archives and libraries. In Wikidocumentaries, it will be
possible to correct existing information and add new topics,
bring in your own images and recollections, and use all the
material for your own purposes. Susanna Ånäs
https://wikidocumentaries-demo.wmflabs.org/
MEDICAL HARDWARE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE:Glia ::
High-quality, low-cost open-source medical hardware that
makes a difference. At Glia, we believe in creating and
sharing hardware that is easily accessible and can be
manufactured in low-resource settings. Thousands of our
devices are already in use around the world.
https://www.glia.org/
Glia works to develop, validate, & disseminate high-quality,
open-access medical equipment for global use, especially in
low-income, & low-resource communities. We provide open &
equitable access to all work, data, & procedures while making
software & hardware plans available to allow others to
independently build high-quality, validated, safe, &
affordable medical devices. Provision of inexpensive &
modifiable devices will improve patient care by providing
rural & disadvantaged communities with improved access to
important life-saving, high-quality medical devices approved
by Health Canada.
OPEN EDUCATION: Open education is an educational movement
founded on openness, with connections to other educational
movements such as critical pedagogy, and with an educational
stance which favours widening participation and inclusiveness
in society.[1] Open education broadens access to the learning
and training traditionally offered through formal education
systems[2] and is typically (but not necessarily) offered
through online and distance education. The qualifier "open"
refers to the elimination of barriers that can preclude both
opportunities and recognition for participation in
institution-based learning. One aspect of openness or
"opening up" education is the development and adoption of
open educational resources in support of open educational
practices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_education
OPEN EDUCATION @ CC: The Open Education program at Creative
Commons works to minimize barriers to effective education,
supporting the CC mission through education, training,
advocacy and outreach on using open licenses and open
policies to maximize the benefits of open education (content,
practices and policy). Our work spans all levels of
education, industry and government.
https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/education-oer/
FOR KIDS, BY KIDS: Project-Based Learning Meets New Media
Creation Clubs and classes, for kids, by kids: Tract is an
innovative edtech startup with education resources developed
for K-12 students by high school and college students. The
Tract materials are not the kind of free-for-all, low value
junk education videos that we’ve seen before. They aren’t
just youthed-up video lectures with emojis and trendy music
but require students to engage the material through tasks,
projects and direct peer-to-peer connections. https://tract.app/
DOCUMENTING LOCAL VOICES AND ARCHIVES: Newspapers often
represent the most extensive documentation of a community’s
past. Across Canada, newspapers are struggling and many have
closed. From local libraries and archives stewarding their
community newspapers to provincial and national strategies,
the GLAM community is responding proactively to the
challenging local news landscape. Research on permissions
for newspaper digitization and access in the GLAM sector, and
the possibility of using CC licenses are being explored and
will be reported on in this session. https://ourdigitalworld.net/
OPENLEARNX: Curriki and Red Hat are collaborating to launch
OpenLearnX - the Education Technology Commons. We envision a
community where educators, learners and organizations can
build, share, publish, and re-use active, open learning
resources, and participate in open learning practices at a
global scale.
Curriki bridges the virtual education gap through open source
https://t.ly/6ZPe
CurrikiStudio
https://youtu.be/ThTDT-VD4FM
FREE COURSES: Produced by The Open University, a world leader
in open and distance learning, all OpenLearn courses are free
to study. We offer nearly 1000 free courses across 8
different subject areas. Our courses are available to start
right away. https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses
COALITION FOR CREATIVITY: https://coalition4creativity.org/
C4C -- a Declaration for Europe, embodies a new approach to
European copyright -- an approach where everyone benefits,
innovation is fostered, creativity is incentivised and
rewarded, and access to the fruits of the European creative
spirit is improved for all Europeans. Alongside the
declaration, individual signatories have provided a set of
examples of uses of creative works to illustrate some of the
issues they believe should be discussed at EU level to
achieve the objectives of the declaration. We believe a
debate about the law which isn’t focused on the practical
application of the law is a missed opportunity. A short
infographic summarising what C4C stands for can be found
here. To contact C4C directly, do get in touch with Caroline
De Cock, Coordinator of the C4C Coalition, at +32 (474)
840515 or secre...@coalition4creativity.org. C4C is
listed in the Joint European Commission – European Parliament
Transparency Register. Caroline De Cock Coordinator, C4C
[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
BytesForAll was launched circa July 1999, to focus on how
software, hardward and the Internet could play a role in
social development -- even before the ICT4D debate became a
"fashion". Cofounded by Frederick Noronha and Partha Sarkar.
http://groups.google.com/group/bytesforall_readers
See a historical snapshot at https://tinyurl.com/yjjoreya
See more about the CC Summit at
https://summit.creativecommons.org/2021-program/
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