Knowledge Standards Foundation
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The Knowledge Standards Foundation (KSF) [1][2] is a nonprofit organization defining technical standards for the free exchange of encyclopedic information. The Knowledge Standards Foundation was founded in September 2019 by Wikipedia ex-founder Larry Sanger and a growing team.
KSF develops the standards and tools for the Encyclosphere project. Its mission is to help bring the encyclosphere [the universal network of encyclopedias] into being. Its headquarters are in Ohio. It achieved 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in 2020.
| Abbreviation | KSF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founders | Larry Sanger (President), Tim Chambers (Treasurer), and others. |
| Type | not-for-profit |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Membership | Individuals |
| Website | encyclosphere |
Projects
Beginning in 2020 the KSF team launched the following projects [3]:
- EncycloReader - reader for encyclopedia content
- EncycloSearch - search engine for searching online encyclopedia
- EncycloShare - WordPress plugin to push articles to encyclosphere
- Encyclosphere Chrome plugin - updates search results from Google and DDG with encyclosphere data
- Zwinode - maintain and manage local zwi nodes.
Structure
- Tim Chambers (Board treasurer)
- Dr. Sergei V. Chekanov (software architect)
- Manon Chiasson (marketing)
- Christian Gribneau (Board secretary, W3C DID:WEB specification, DID:PSQR)
- John Hampson (marketing)
- Nancy Hildebrandt (Old Encyclopedia Digitization Project volunteer)
- Henry Sanger (lead developer)
- Dr. Larry Sanger (Board president)
- Shelly Warren (developer)
- Betty Wills (writer, photographer, documentary filmmaker)
Biographies of KSF team can be seen at [4]. Most members of KSF work on a voluntary basis.
External links
- Official website
- www
.facebook .com /knowledgestandards / (Facebook page) - handwiki
.org /wiki /Organization:Knowledge _Standards _Foundation at HandWiki (the origin of the first version of this article; CC-BY-SA-3.0 per [6])