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Prospective editors may of course wish to remain as Manifold Atlas authors or users even if they would not like to take on the responsibilities of being an editor. | Prospective editors may of course wish to remain as Manifold Atlas authors or users even if they would not like to take on the responsibilities of being an editor. | ||
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From March 2009 until September 2009, [[User:Matthias Kreck|Matthias Kreck]], [[User:Daniel Müllner|Daniel Müllner]], [[User:Christian Ausoni|Christian Ausoni]] and [[User:Diarmuid Crowley|Diarmuid Crowley]] began the process of creating the Atlas. A conceptual challenge which arose was how to combine the flexibility and openness of the world wide web and a [[Wikipedia:|Wikipedia]] style of knowledge creation with the desire to have scientifically reliable and citable information. The solution was two fold: to have both [[Manifold Atlas:Writing groups#Open-editing pages|open-editing]] and [[Manifold Atlas:Writing groups#Author-based pages|author-based]] options for page creation and development and to have citable, editorially approved [[Manifold Atlas:Evolving pages and static pages#Static pages|static]] pages which are indefinately preserved for reference in parallel with the more usual [[Manifold Atlas:Evolving pages and static pages#Evolving pages|evolving pages]] in the Wikipedia style. | From March 2009 until September 2009, [[User:Matthias Kreck|Matthias Kreck]], [[User:Daniel Müllner|Daniel Müllner]], [[User:Christian Ausoni|Christian Ausoni]] and [[User:Diarmuid Crowley|Diarmuid Crowley]] began the process of creating the Atlas. A conceptual challenge which arose was how to combine the flexibility and openness of the world wide web and a [[Wikipedia:|Wikipedia]] style of knowledge creation with the desire to have scientifically reliable and citable information. The solution was two fold: to have both [[Manifold Atlas:Writing groups#Open-editing pages|open-editing]] and [[Manifold Atlas:Writing groups#Author-based pages|author-based]] options for page creation and development and to have citable, editorially approved [[Manifold Atlas:Evolving pages and static pages#Static pages|static]] pages which are indefinately preserved for reference in parallel with the more usual [[Manifold Atlas:Evolving pages and static pages#Evolving pages|evolving pages]] in the Wikipedia style. | ||
As of writing the hope is that the above concepts will combine the best aspects of flexibility and openness with scientific reliablity. | As of writing the hope is that the above concepts will combine the best aspects of flexibility and openness with scientific reliablity. | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 29 September 2009
This page records interesting events in the history of the Atlas as well as its current phase of development.
1 Forming the Editorial Board - September-October 2009
In September, October and November 2009 the Manifold Atlas is forming it's editorial board. Prospective editors have been invited by email to register in the Atlas, to browse its current pages and to begin using it: in particular by writing and discussing the first articles of the Atlas. Prospective editors may also wish to:
- review the proposed editorial process,
- contribute to the community portal,
- add to the discussion on other project pages.
Prospective editors may of course wish to remain as Manifold Atlas authors or users even if they would not like to take on the responsibilities of being an editor.
2 First steps: the idea and the platform: March to September 2009
From March 2009 until September 2009, Matthias Kreck, Daniel Müllner, Christian Ausoni and Diarmuid Crowley began the process of creating the Atlas. A conceptual challenge which arose was how to combine the flexibility and openness of the world wide web and a Wikipedia style of knowledge creation with the desire to have scientifically reliable and citable information. The solution was two fold: to have both open-editing and author-based options for page creation and development and to have citable, editorially approved static pages which are indefinately preserved for reference in parallel with the more usual evolving pages in the Wikipedia style.
As of writing the hope is that the above concepts will combine the best aspects of flexibility and openness with scientific reliablity.
