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| This is a list of services that might be considered "open" under various proposed definitions of "open" services, useful to test various arguments about what such a definition should or shouldn't contain.
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| == Real Services ==
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| ! personal data?
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| ! public data?
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| ! source code?
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| ! permanence?
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| ! identity?
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| ! comments?
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| | Wikipedia
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| | geonames.org
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| | gmail
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| | server source is proprietary, but all (email) data is available via standardized/open protocols, and users can make the service transparent (from an identity perspective) by using other email addresses.
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| | Amazon EC2:
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| | server images are ~ standard xen images. If you can move your data and computation transparently between S3 and completely Free xen-based servers, is it open/free/autonomous service?
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| | GNU Savannah
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| | Second Life
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| | client is Free; service is not.
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| | audioscrobbler/last.fm
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| | chicagocrime.org (defunct, mashed up government data (free) with google maps (non-free)
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| | what happens when you mash up Free data with non-free services like google maps?
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| | [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap]
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| == Hypothetical Classes of Services ==
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| inspired by [http://paigrain.debatpublic.net/?p=99]
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| ! Many or few producers for relevant information?
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| ! Separable in usage?
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| | Web versions of personal and small group applications (Writely/GoogleDocs, NumSum, Netvibes)
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| | production
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| | Media hosting and distribution (Flickr, YouTube, DailyMotion, …)
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| | distribution
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| | Open collective granular drafting (Wikipedia)
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| | production
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| | séparable pour certains usages seulement
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| | Web contents/debate cartography (Glinkr)
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| | locating
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| | Public commenting and annotation systems (STET, co-ment, Plosone)
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| | production
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| | many (comments) / few (text)
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| | separable at text level
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| | Social networking (MySpace, FaceBook, Meetup, …)
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| | production / locating
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| | many (network) / few (profile and docs)
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| | separable / whole
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| | Integration between large-scale referential information and interpretation from persons or groups (GoogleMaps, ENSEMBL, …)
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| | locating / production
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| | many
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| | whole (referential background)
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| | Search services (GoogleSearch), Metadata aggregation services (Technorati)
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| | locating
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| | whole
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