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Access to Knowledge
Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
31 Oct 2014
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Tulu Wikipedia Workshop cum Editathon at UdupiA three-day programme was held at Udupi from October 15 to 17, 2014 with an aim to increase the presence of Tulu in the online world. The first day comprised the inauguration programme and a workshop to understand the Wiki markup. The next …
31 Oct 2014
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Converting from nonUnicode (Nudi, Baraha, ...) font encoding to Unicode KannadaPeople have been using computers for typing and printing Kannada text for more than 25 years. Most of the usage of Kannada on computers was limited to the DTP arena.
30 Oct 2014
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Samskrita Vaibhavam (Sanskrit Wiki Outreach Program)To celebrate the revival of Sanskrit language, the Bangalore chapter of Samskrita Bharati organised a two-day mega event "Samskrita Vaibhavam" at VSR Kalyan Mantapa in Bangalore on August 9 and 10, 2014.
29 Oct 2014
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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions: Mapping the Stakeholders' ResponseThe procedure and tests surrounding software patenting in India have remained ambiguous since the Parliament introduced the term “per se” through the Patent (Amendment) Act, 2002. In 2013, the Indian Patent Office released Draft Guidelines …
26 Oct 2014
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Odia Wikisource Goes Live!Odia netizens have more than one reason to celebrate this festive season.
24 Oct 2014
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Wikipedia can establish Tulu in a wider wayIn his predential address after inaugurating the three-day workshop on ‘The use of internet for promotion of Tulu language,’ organised by Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy President Janki M Brahmavar opined that …
24 Oct 2014
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Open access platform to save the Odia Indian languageIn February 2014, the Government of India declared the South Asian language Odia as the 6th classical language of India which is one among 22 scheduled languages of India and has a literary heritage of more than 5,000 years. There are …
22 Oct 2014
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Odia Littérateur Ramakrushna Nanda's 4 Books Now Available Under a Creative Commons LicenseChildren literature in Odia language went through an ennoblement after the intervention of Ramakrushna Nanda's writings.
22 Oct 2014
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Letter to the Prime Minister on Indo-US Bilateral Relations on Intellectual PropertyThis is a letter that many organizations sent to the Prime Minister. The Centre for Internet and Society was one of the signatories.
21 Oct 2014
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Pushing women scientistsWikipedia edit-a-thon attempts to raise awareness of the contribution of Indian women to science.
19 Oct 2014
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More Than 40 Million People Await the Launch of Odia WikisourceSpeakers of Odia will soon have mountains of books to read online in their mother tongue, following the launch of the Odia Wikisource, which will make accessible many rare books that have entered the public domain.
14 Oct 2014
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Bharat Majhi Writings Now Available Under a Creative Commons LicenseBefore the advent of Odia Wikisource becoming live, Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) got in touch with notable Odia author Bharat Majhi for bringing his writings on the Internet.
13 Oct 2014
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ବିକାଶରେ ପ୍ରତିବନ୍ଧକ ଓ ସମ୍ଭାବନାI authored an editorial in today's Samaja (Odia daily). It talks about the hurdles Odia language has been facing and potential aspects of the language including it being used massively on the Internet in Wikipedia and other platforms.
13 Oct 2014
News
Barcamp BangaloreThe Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team participated in a Barcamp at SAP Labs, Bangalore on October 12, 2014. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja and Rahmanuddin Shaik participated in the event.
30 Sep 2014
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State Level Seminar on "Odia alphabet and order teaching in primary education"Subhashish Panigrahi participated in a state-level seminar on "Number of Odia characters and order teaching in primary education" (ପ୍ରଥମ ଶ୍ରେଣୀରେ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅକ୍ଷର ସଂଖ୍ୟା ଓ କ୍ରମଶିକ୍ଷା) co-organised by Institute of Odia Studies and Research, and …
30 Sep 2014
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Publishing NextT. Vishnu Vardhan was a speaker at Publishing Next organized by CinnamonTeal Publishing, a Margao (Goa)-based publishing house that provides publishing services to authors and publishers. The event was held in Goa on September 19 and 20.
30 Sep 2014
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Fab to Fabless: Understanding the Process of Chip Manufacturing (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 2)This is the second of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert …
30 Sep 2014
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Developing Digital Open Knowledge Resources in Indian LanguagesA two-day workshop for students was organized by Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune (KSPWSC), Centre for Indian Languages in Higher Education (CILHE), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and Access …
26 Sep 2014
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Changing Usage Models: Desktops to Ubiquitous Cloud-Based Mobile Computing (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 1)This is the first of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert …
17 Sep 2014
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Expanding the World of Telugu Wikipedia – CIS-A2K and ALC join handsStudents and faculty of Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada aim to enhance Telugu Wikipedia through increased contributions to Wikipedia and make it available under free license.
6 Sep 2014
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NIE Steps in to Grow Konkani WikipediaThe Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) signed a memorandum of agreement (MoU) with Nirmala Institute of Education, Goa to enhance digital literacy in Konkani in the education sector across Goa.
29 Aug 2014
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Will domain dot भारत spur the growth of Indian languages on the internet?Modi's effort to promote the use of Hindi and e-governance has given hope to those who want to see more vernacular content online, but many challenges have to be overcome.
28 Aug 2014
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Karnataka Goondas Act - A note on Legislative CompetenceA couple of weeks ago, we had an insightful guest post by Nehaa Chaudhari on amendments to Karnataka's Goondas Act, a draconian legislation which seeks to allow preventive detention for some types of copyright violations. Today, we have a …
27 Aug 2014
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OpenGLAM at Wikimania 2014GLAM activities in the last two months have been quite happening!
25 Aug 2014
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We are WikipediaWikimedia Deutchland has included a paragraph about WeAreWikipedia on their blog.
22 Aug 2014
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Digital Publishing MeetingAs an initiative towards building a community, a meeting on digital publishing was conducted by C-DAC GIST Pune on August 22, 2014. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja attended the meeting.
22 Aug 2014
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Announcing the Tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015CIS recently announced that the Centre for Internet and Society will be hosting the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at New Delhi, India, tentatively in the first two weeks of December, …
20 Aug 2014
News
ALC signs MoU for better net accessAndhra Loyola College (ALC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society – Access to Knowledge (CSI-A2K) here on Thursday.
19 Aug 2014
News
Dot Bharat domain to roll out on August 21Web addresses are set to get multilingual in India. Soon you will be able to type in addresses in a web browser in the Devnagri script – with “dot bharat” standing in for the currently common “dot in” domain to begin with. The roll-out of …
19 Aug 2014
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Andhra Loyola College and the Centre for Internet & Society sign MoU for Better Net AccessAndhra Loyola College (ALC) and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to steward the growth of Telugu Wikipedia and to make available free knowledge in …