Public Knowledge Project

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Public Knowledge Project

Summary

Public Knowledge Project is a free software[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Public Knowledge Project received the Open Publishing Awards[3].
  • Public Knowledge Project was a member of ORCID, Inc.[4].
  • Public Knowledge Project was a member of Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools[5].
  • Public Knowledge Project was a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association[6].
  • Public Knowledge Project was a member of LIBRARIA[7].
  • Public Knowledge Project was a member of Open Book Collective[8].
  • Public Knowledge Project is in the country of Canada[9].
  • Public Knowledge Project's instance of is recorded as free software[10].
  • Public Knowledge Project's instance of is recorded as organization[11].
  • Public Knowledge Project's founder is recorded as John M. Willinsky[12].
  • Public Knowledge Project is a type of desktop publishing[13].
  • Public Knowledge Project's Commons category is recorded as Public Knowledge Project[14].
  • 1998 marks the founding of Public Knowledge Project[15].
  • Public Knowledge Project's official website is recorded as http://pkp.sfu.ca/[16].
  • Public Knowledge Project's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[17].
  • Public Knowledge Project's described by source is recorded as The varying openness of digital open science tools[18].
  • Public Knowledge Project's affiliation is recorded as Library Publishing Coalition[19].
  • Public Knowledge Project's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Multi-university initiative developing (free) open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing'}[20].
  • Public Knowledge Project's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Making research a global public good'}[21].
  • Public Knowledge Project's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PKP'}[22].
  • Public Knowledge Project's different from is recorded as Public Knowledge[23].
  • Public Knowledge Project's interested in is recorded as free software[24].
  • Public Knowledge Project's interested in is recorded as open access[25].
  • Public Knowledge Project's interested in is recorded as scholarly communication[26].
  • Public Knowledge Project's partnership with is recorded as Érudit[27].

Body

Founding

Public Knowledge Project's founder is recorded as John M. Willinsky[12]. 1998 marks the founding of it[15].

Identity

Public Knowledge Project's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PKP'}[22].

Recognition

Public Knowledge Project received the Open Publishing Awards[3].

Why It Matters

Public Knowledge Project ranks in the top 9% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Public Knowledge Project receive?

Honors received include Open Publishing Awards[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . zotero.org. zotero.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . openpublishingawards.org. openpublishingawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . jrost.org. Retrieved . jrost.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] . libraria.cc. libraria.cc. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [8] . openbookcollective.org. Retrieved . openbookcollective.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . librarypublishing.org. librarypublishing.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . pkp.sfu.ca. Retrieved . pkp.sfu.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Open Access Directory. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . erudit.org. Retrieved . erudit.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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