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== Wikipedia Offline: First openZIM Developers Meeting - Project started ==
== Wikipedia Offline: First openZIM Developers Meeting - Project started ==


[http://www.wikimedia.ch/ Wikimedia CH] encourages the development of a free standard for Wikipedia offline content as well as all neccessary tools to create and read such data.
The free file format ZIM bases on [http://www.zeno.org/ Zeno files] which were developed in 2006 by the [http://www.directmedia.de/ berlin publisher Directmedia]. It is enables the usage of libraries like Wikipedia without internet access. The [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DVD/2006-2007 Wikipedia DVD 2006/2007] was the first release based on this file format and was shipped with the ZenoReader - a webserver application - which served the artivles to the local webbrowser.
Tommi Mäkitalo of the [http://www.tntnet.org/ Tntnet project] developed the first complete replacement for the proprietary ZenoReader. The Tntreader runs on all POSIX compatible operating systems. In cooperation with Directmedia file format and reader were further developed, resulting in the [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:DVD Wikipedia DVD 2007/2008] which was bundled with Mäkitalo's free software.
The availability of free software and an efficient file format sparked the interest in being able to create individual Zeno files to make more libraries offline available. Wikimedia CH supports these efforts by providing the project team around Tommi Mäkitalo with a server and a budget for developer meetings.
The first developers meeting took place this weekend around February 21st 2009. The project team meet for the first time to know each other personally, planned a roadmap, discussed technical concepts and some improvements of the format. As it is now an entirely free project of the open source community the project was renamed to '''openZIM''': The open implementation of the improved Zeno format ('''ZIM''').
It is planned to have the tools ready to create a ZIM file out of the german Wikipedia by the [http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/ LinuxTag 2009] where the project will be presented.
Website: http://openzim.org


== Wikipedia Offline: Erstes openZIM Entwicklertreffen - Projekt gestartet ==
== Wikipedia Offline: Erstes openZIM Entwicklertreffen - Projekt gestartet ==

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