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Of course, there have been several attempts in the past to create offline versions of the wikipedia and other wikis. However, what was missing was a cleanly structured and thought-through approach to solving the issues at hand. Open standards and collaboration, spanning across multiple platforms and areas of expertise, are vital in such an endeavor. OpenZIM is just that. A project were both, Wiki writers as well as application developers, meet and work together towards this standard.
The holy grail of ZIM is offline editing. "This is a must", Manuel said and surprisingly added "The road is clear and the mechanisms in place, all that is needed is implementation". The project aims to have this ready next year. The process how to merge edits back is currently being discussed between different projects and the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco.


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"Bringing Wiki content to offline devices in a standardized and exchangeable way, using open standards and free software", Manuel Schneider of Wikimedia Switzerland said when asked for the goal of openZIM. A bold and big goal indeed, but the openZIM team is going to tackle it one step at a time. As mentioned earlier the ZIM implementation is already functional. The current construction sites are the article categories and full text indexing as well as increasing performance while minimizing the memory footprint.
Of course, there have been several attempts in the past to create offline versions of the wikipedia and other wikis. However, what was missing was a cleanly structured and thought-through approach to solving the issues at hand. Open standards and collaboration, spanning across multiple platforms and areas of expertise, are vital in such an endeavor. OpenZIM is just that. A project were both, Wiki writers as well as application developers, meet and work together towards this standard.


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The biggest challenge of all is of course offline editing. This is already possible with ZIM but not yet implemented. Manuel Schneider, who is leading the openZIM effort, is confident to have it ready next year. If you want to get involved in the openZIM project or have any questions or comments check their wiki and contact them via their mailing list[5].
"Bringing Wiki content to offline devices in a standardized and exchangeable way, using open standards and free software", Manuel Schneider of Wikimedia Switzerland said when asked for the goal of openZIM. A bold and big goal indeed, but the openZIM team is going to tackle it one step at a time. As mentioned earlier the ZIM implementation is already functional. The current construction sites are the article categories and full text indexing as well as increasing performance while minimizing the memory footprint.


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If you want to get involved in the openZIM project or have any questions or comments check their wiki and contact them via their mailing list[5].
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# http://www.openzim.org
# http://www.openzim.org
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# http://www.qi-hardware.com/products/ben-nanonote/
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