[okfn-discuss] Open knowledge web buttons

Thu Jan 18 11:09:59 UTC 2007

I agree, "Knowledge" sounds better than the other data or content.

Rufus, have you contacted Seamus about this?  I'm not sure how busy he
is, but he's about the most 'arty' geek I know!

On 1/18/07, Francis Irving <francis at flourish.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 10:03:11AM +0000, Rufus Pollock wrote:
> > a) what kind of text should we have, "OPEN DATA", "OPEN KNOWLEDGE",
> > "OPEN CONTENT" all seem reasonable.
>
> I would link it very closely to the Open Knowledge Definition. i.e.
> Have it like the Creative Commons buttons, that the logo means
> specific terms of use.
>
> So I prefer "Open Knowledge". (A better name anyway - "data" is too
> geeky, "content" too vague, "knowledge" sounds most desirable)
>
> Francis
>
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