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Open Source, Open Standards and New Online Tools

Open Source Definition, Open Source Initiative, at http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php.

Free Software Definition, Free Software Foundation, at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html.

Choosing and Using Open Source Software for Nonprofits: A Primer. On E-res.

Wikipedia entry, "The LAMP software bundle," at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle)

"Using open source software to design, develop, and deploy a collaborative Web site," IBM, by Louis Weitzman, Alister Lewis-Bowen and Stephen Evanchik, at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/library/i-osource1/.

Wikipedia entry: Web Content Management System, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_content_management_system.

Wikipedia entry: List of Content Management Systems, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems.

Wikipedia entry: Open Standards, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standards

"Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems," Berkman Center for the Internet and Society, on E-res.

"FOSS Open Standards/Government National Open Standards Policies and Initiatives," at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Government_National_Open_Standards_Policies_and_Initiatives.

W3C, XML in 10 Points, at http://www.w3.org/XML/1999/XML-in-10-points.

All about RSS, Fagan Finder, at http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.shtml#what

"RSS in Plain English" (short movie) at http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english.

"What is Web 2.0?" by Tim O'Reilly, at http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6228.

 

 
 
 
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