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<code><div class="usermessage plainlinks">This page and its parent page are dedicated to [[CZ:Charter drafting committee|drafting a charter for Citizendium]] and should only be edited by those [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2929.msg24710.html eight Citizens elected to the drafting Committee]. Other [[CZ:Citizen|Citizens]], please comment on the dedicated thread at the [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2930.0.html Citizen Forum]. Non-Citizens can comment in a separate thread at the [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2931.0.html non-Member Forum]. The drafting period shall end when November 12, 2009 is over all around the globe.</div></code>
<code><div class="usermessage plainlinks">This page and its parent page are dedicated to [[CZ:Charter drafting committee|drafting a charter for Citizendium]] and should only be edited by those [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2929.msg24710.html eight Citizens elected to the drafting Committee]. Other [[CZ:Citizen|Citizens]], please comment on the dedicated thread at the [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2930.0.html Citizen Forum]. Non-Citizens can comment in a separate thread at the [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2931.0.html non-Member Forum]. The drafting period shall end when November 12, 2009 is over all around the globe.</div></code>


''This page shall host definitions of terms used in the charter that may otherwise be ambiguous.''


==Encyclopedia==
As an encyclopedia, Citizendium is a collection of information, with context and interconnections, which emphasizes accuracy and neutrality over sheer number of articles.  With due regard to the integrity and usability of information, we incorporate advanced knowledge navigation, features for specific communities such as research and education...
As an encyclopedia, Citizendium is a collection of information, with context and interconnections, which emphasizes accuracy and neutrality over sheer number of articles.  With due regard to the integrity and usability of information, we incorporate advanced knowledge navigation, features for specific communities such as research and education...


Citizendium is NOT an encyclopedia.  [[CZ:Charter drafting/Definitions/Compendium|It is a compendium]].
Citizendium is NOT an encyclopedia. It is a [[#Compendium|compendium]].
 
 
==Compendium==
A compendium is a collection of knowledgeSome of this knowledge is encyclopedic in nature but it is not exclusively encyclopedic.  The Citizens' Compendium is an open source platform for making structured knowledge freely and reusably available in public. This shall include original research, synthesis, memoirs, archives, original works of literature and art, as well as encyclopedic knowledge.
 
Yes, we should clarify the scope.  Does an encyclopedia necessarily restrict the above? (comment by Matt)
:We can certainly make [[CZ:Charter drafting/Definitions#Encyclopedia]] contain these notions. --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 22:02, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

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This page shall host definitions of terms used in the charter that may otherwise be ambiguous.

Encyclopedia

As an encyclopedia, Citizendium is a collection of information, with context and interconnections, which emphasizes accuracy and neutrality over sheer number of articles. With due regard to the integrity and usability of information, we incorporate advanced knowledge navigation, features for specific communities such as research and education...

Citizendium is NOT an encyclopedia. It is a compendium.


Compendium

A compendium is a collection of knowledge. Some of this knowledge is encyclopedic in nature but it is not exclusively encyclopedic. The Citizens' Compendium is an open source platform for making structured knowledge freely and reusably available in public. This shall include original research, synthesis, memoirs, archives, original works of literature and art, as well as encyclopedic knowledge.

Yes, we should clarify the scope. Does an encyclopedia necessarily restrict the above? (comment by Matt)

We can certainly make CZ:Charter drafting/Definitions#Encyclopedia contain these notions. --Daniel Mietchen 22:02, 16 October 2009 (UTC)