The Text Outline Project

This is the home of the Text Outline Project (Textop for short).

The project will be put in a "back burner" state until 2008 or 2009 by project director Larry Sanger, who has decided that his energies are better spent on a new project.

Textop will be a set of projects, managed by a strong collaboration among a global group of scholars, with the aim of organizing the information contained in books, dictionaries, opinionated essays, and news articles--and perhaps other sources--into a single outline of human knowledge. Built by volunteers, the result will be free and noncommercial, with any financial support of staff managed by non-profits.

The Text Outline Project
Introductory What is Textop? Summary A letter from the project director Frequently asked questions: FAQ Project manifesto: "Text and Collaboration" Proposed screenshot Getting the project started The pilot project wiki Getting involved: how to get involved, now Strategy: what we've done and next steps General project policy Project rules and governance: Community Charter - developed after further discussion Some OSS (software) considerations: proposed general requirements Joining many languages: how internationalization is handled Project discussion and news Project general mailing list: "Textop" Software development mailing list: "Textop-OSS" Subject area mailing lists - more coming soon Philosophy (English language): "Textop-en-phil" No Skypecast this week Voice discussion, Friday 4 PM GMT/Noon EDT/9 AM PDT - see Skypecast page - download Skype first - view Textop list archives to see if a Skypecast is planned for this Friday Project news: blog posts and next steps
Proposed subprojects
The Collation Project What is the Collation Project? Summary New concepts, new jargon: glossary Proposed screenshot Sample outline (1.3 MB) - instructions for viewing example Software considerations: see proposed general requirements One outline or many: internationalization Mailing list - use project general mailing list The pilot project wiki Pilot project instructions: how to collate a text	The Debate Guide Project Draft summary Proposed debate guide principles and policies Mailing list - coming soon
The Analytical Dictionary Project Draft summary - more coming soon Proposed entry policies - coming soon Mailing list - coming soon	The Event Summary Project Draft summary - more coming soon Proposed event summary principles and policies - coming soon Mailing list - coming soon

Advisory Committee
Project Director: Lawrence M. Sanger, Ph.D.; Director of Collaborative Projects, Digital Universe Foundation
Contact: sanger at citizendium.org