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This is a study of appropriate technology collaborations which exist or have existed.
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This is a study of appropriate technology collaborations which exist or have existed. | This is a study of [[appropriate technology]] collaborations which exist or have existed. | ||
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This is a look at organizations that describe their work as collaborative, but do not appear to fit with the "open collaborations". These may be collaborations between specific parties, or which have significant barriers to participation by the broader community (deliberate or otherwise). | This is a look at organizations that describe their work as collaborative, but do not appear to fit with the "open collaborations". These may be collaborations between specific parties, or which have significant barriers to participation by the broader community (deliberate or otherwise). | ||
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Note this is not an exhaustive list, but additions are welcome (please include an explanation of how it is collaborative). | Note this is not an exhaustive list, but additions are welcome (please include an explanation of how it is collaborative). | ||
== Collations of knowledge == | |||
Efforts to bring together information from as many valuable sources as possible, but which may be limited by copyright, restricted participation or other issues: | |||
From the [[Offline content collaboration]] page: | |||
* [[CD3WD]] - note that although they have permission to use the content, this is not the same as having a free license, so it should be assumed the content is not under a compatible license, and can't be used, unless there is solid reason to believe it ''is'' free licensed. | |||
* [[EldisOnDisk]][http://community.eldis.org/eldisondisc/] | |||
* [http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=hdl Human Development Library] - It contains a total of 160,000 pages and 30,000 images, which if printed would weigh 340 kg and cost US$20,000. It is available on CD-ROM at US$2 for distribution in developing countries. | |||
The term "Inter-Agency Collaboration" is sometimes used. This appears to demonstrate one of the key limitations of some such programs - that they are limited to external "agents" rather than seeing the target community as the main agents, the central parties in any collaboration. (See [[Community participation]].) | |||
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Revision as of 06:26, 8 November 2008
This is a study of appropriate technology collaborations which exist or have existed.
Open collaborations
These are collaborations which have used internet technologies to be radically open, enabling anyone to contribute if they have access .
Limited collaborations
This is a look at organizations that describe their work as collaborative, but do not appear to fit with the "open collaborations". These may be collaborations between specific parties, or which have significant barriers to participation by the broader community (deliberate or otherwise).
Perceived advantages of the restrictions that might be applied to participation include:
- knowing the participants - who they are and their areas of expertise
- protection from vandalism,
- protection from inaccurate information
Examples (which at first glance appear to allow limited collaboration) include:
- The Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC), a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is “To design, develop, demonstrate and distribute appropriate technological solutions for meeting the basic human needs of low income people in the developing world. ATC works in collaboration with our clients and other nonprofits (NGOs) to create technologies that are culturally sensitive, environmentally responsible and locally repairable in order to improve the quality of life, enhance safety, and reduce adverse impacts on their environment.”
- MATES (www.mates-consulting.com) - "Mobility, Appropriate Technology, Education and Skills" "Our consulting activities are carried out through collaboration with in-country counterparts."
Note this is not an exhaustive list, but additions are welcome (please include an explanation of how it is collaborative).
Collations of knowledge
Efforts to bring together information from as many valuable sources as possible, but which may be limited by copyright, restricted participation or other issues:
From the Offline content collaboration page:
- CD3WD - note that although they have permission to use the content, this is not the same as having a free license, so it should be assumed the content is not under a compatible license, and can't be used, unless there is solid reason to believe it is free licensed.
- EldisOnDisk[1]
- Human Development Library - It contains a total of 160,000 pages and 30,000 images, which if printed would weigh 340 kg and cost US$20,000. It is available on CD-ROM at US$2 for distribution in developing countries.
The term "Inter-Agency Collaboration" is sometimes used. This appears to demonstrate one of the key limitations of some such programs - that they are limited to external "agents" rather than seeing the target community as the main agents, the central parties in any collaboration. (See Community participation.)