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{{box-event|Wikimania 2009|August 26th - 28th, 2009|openZIM will present itself, its goals and delieverables at the annual international Wikimania conference in Buenos Aires. Visit the talk of Manuel Schneider and get in touch with us!
{{box-event|Wikimania 2011|August 2nd - 7th|During the Hacking Days (Aug. 2nd/3rd), prior to [http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2011] (Aug. 4th - 7th), we will have our 4th [[Developer Meetings/2011-1|Developers Meeting]].


* [http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal Wikimania website]}}
The Hacking Days / [http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania] / [[Developer Meetings/2011-1|Developers Meeting]] takes place in Haifa, Israel.


{{box-event|LinuxTag 2009|June 24th - 27th, 2009|openZIM will participate at [[LinuxTag 2009]] in Berlin, with its own booth. Meet us there and get a brand new copy of the Wikipedia DVD!
[http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/ Wikimania 2011 website].}}


* [http://www.linuxtag.org/ LinuxTag website]}}
{{box-news|WikiOnBoard released to Ovi Store|2011-07-21|Get the WikiOnBoard ZIM Reader for your Symbian / Nokia device: http://store.ovi.com/content/148305
 
Source code is available here: http://github.com/cip/WikiOnBoard}}
 
{{box-news|Make ZIM files now easily with Collection Extension|2011-03-09|Today Wikimedia Foundation announced that the Collection Extension for MediaWiki, developed by PediaPress, is now able to create ZIM files. So you can easily select the content you want and just export a ZIM file.
* [http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2011/01/update-on-offline-wikimedia-projects/ Announcement on the Technical Blog]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection/openZIM Extension page]}}
 
{{box-news|3rd Delevopers Meeting|2010-10-19|We had our [[Developer Meetings/2010-2|Developers Meeting]] on October 15th to 17th in Strasbourg.
 
Read our [[2010-10-19 Report Developers Meeting 2010|report]].}}
 
{{box-news|ZIM and LZMA2 for Java|2011-06-09| Arunesh Mathur is developing a ZIMReader in Java for developers who are interested in making Android and J2ME based offline readers. Find the code here:
* http://svn.openzim.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/zimreader-java/
 
Lasse Collin has ported LZMA2 to Java. You can download the source and the docs over here:
* http://tukaani.org/xz/java.html
 
Feel free to contribute. Lasse's code is open source software.}}
 
{{box-event|Wikimania 2010|July 9th - 11th, 2010|At the yearly international Wikimedia conference, this year in Gdansk (PL) there will be a long ''Wikipedia Offline'' workshop where openZIM is involved (Friday 9th, 2 - 6 pm).
 
Also many of the openZIM team are participating at Wikimania. Meet us in Gdansk!
 
* [http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Creating_offline_version_of_Wiki_content_-_Solutions_and_Challenges Abstract of ''Creating offline version of Wiki content - Solutions and Challenges'']
* [http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimania 2010 website]
}}
 
{{box-news|Wikipedia DVD LinuxTag 2009|2009-06-24|Our Wikipedia DVD is available on our booth at LinuxTag in Berlin, hall 7.2a booth 113a.
;running the zimreader on DVD:
<pre>
bin/zimreader zim/wikip000.zim
  -x zim/wikipedi.zim
</pre>
[http://bugs.openzim.org/ report bugs!]}}
 
{{box-event|Wikimania 2009|August 26th - 28th, 2009|openZIM has presented itself, its goals and delieverables at the annual international Wikimania conference in Buenos Aires. Visit the talk of Manuel Schneider and get in touch with us!
 
* [http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal Wikimania website]
* ''[http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:96 openZIM - serving the Wikipedia Offline Projects]''
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:200908271434-Manuel_Schneider-openZIM_serving_the_Wikipedia_Offline_Projects.ogg Video recording] of the presentation}}


{{box-news|Cooperation with Wikimedia Foundation|2009-04-16|In a phone conference with [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff Erik Möller, Brion Vibber and Tomasz Finc of the Wikimedia Foundation] and [[Team|Manuel]] the goals and deliverables of the openZIM project have been discussed. The WMF aims to include the ZIM file format into [http://download.wikimedia.org/ their dump process] and that they will support openZIM to become the standard offline format for Wikimedia Wikis. Long-term goal is to have a "one-click" functionality inside MediaWiki to create ZIM files on demand. Some more interesting ideas and projects the Wikimedia Foundation is looking forward have been discussed, openZIM may become part of those as well.}}
{{box-news|Cooperation with Wikimedia Foundation|2009-04-16|In a phone conference with [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff Erik Möller, Brion Vibber and Tomasz Finc of the Wikimedia Foundation] and [[Team|Manuel]] the goals and deliverables of the openZIM project have been discussed. The WMF aims to include the ZIM file format into [http://download.wikimedia.org/ their dump process] and that they will support openZIM to become the standard offline format for Wikimedia Wikis. Long-term goal is to have a "one-click" functionality inside MediaWiki to create ZIM files on demand. Some more interesting ideas and projects the Wikimedia Foundation is looking forward have been discussed, openZIM may become part of those as well.}}


{{box-news|openZIM project started|2009-02-22|The first [[Developer Meetings|developer meeting]] of openZIM just took place near Basel (CH). A team consisting Tommi Mäkitalo [http://www.tntnet.org/ (Tntnet)], Emmanuel Engelhard [http://www.kiwix.org/ (Kiwix)], Johannes Schauer [http://www.openmoko.org/ (OpenMoko)] and Manuel Schneider [http://www.wikimedia.ch/ (Wikimedia CH)] have been formed. openZIM will provide free documentation and implementation of the ZIM file format, an efficient storage for hypertext data, aimed at offline access to Wikipedia.
{{box-news|openZIM project started|2009-02-22|The first [[Developer Meetings|developer meeting]] of openZIM just took place near Basel (CH). A team consisting Tommi Mäkitalo [http://www.tntnet.org/ (Tntnet)], Emmanuel Engelhart [http://www.kiwix.org/ (Kiwix)], Johannes Schauer [http://www.openmoko.org/ (OpenMoko)] and Manuel Schneider [http://www.wikimedia.ch/ (Wikimedia CH)] have been formed. openZIM will provide free documentation and implementation of the ZIM file format, an efficient storage for hypertext data, aimed at offline access to Wikipedia.


Current goal is to present the project at LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin and have a Wikipedia DVD with all german articles ready by then as a demonstration object.
Current goal is to present the project at LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin and have a Wikipedia DVD with all german articles ready by then as a demonstration object.


* [[2009-02-22 Release for Wikimedia CH|Press Release]]}}
* [[2009-02-22 Release for Wikimedia CH|Press Release]]}}

Latest revision as of 08:50, 21 July 2011

Wikimania 2011
August 2nd - 7th
During the Hacking Days (Aug. 2nd/3rd), prior to Wikimania 2011 (Aug. 4th - 7th), we will have our 4th Developers Meeting.

The Hacking Days / Wikimania / Developers Meeting takes place in Haifa, Israel.

Wikimania 2011 website.
WikiOnBoard released to Ovi Store
2011-07-21
Get the WikiOnBoard ZIM Reader for your Symbian / Nokia device: http://store.ovi.com/content/148305 Source code is available here: http://github.com/cip/WikiOnBoard
Make ZIM files now easily with Collection Extension
2011-03-09
Today Wikimedia Foundation announced that the Collection Extension for MediaWiki, developed by PediaPress, is now able to create ZIM files. So you can easily select the content you want and just export a ZIM file.
3rd Delevopers Meeting
2010-10-19
We had our Developers Meeting on October 15th to 17th in Strasbourg. Read our report.
ZIM and LZMA2 for Java
2011-06-09
Arunesh Mathur is developing a ZIMReader in Java for developers who are interested in making Android and J2ME based offline readers. Find the code here:

Lasse Collin has ported LZMA2 to Java. You can download the source and the docs over here:

Feel free to contribute. Lasse's code is open source software.
Wikimania 2010
July 9th - 11th, 2010
At the yearly international Wikimedia conference, this year in Gdansk (PL) there will be a long Wikipedia Offline workshop where openZIM is involved (Friday 9th, 2 - 6 pm).

Also many of the openZIM team are participating at Wikimania. Meet us in Gdansk!

Wikipedia DVD LinuxTag 2009
2009-06-24
Our Wikipedia DVD is available on our booth at LinuxTag in Berlin, hall 7.2a booth 113a.
running the zimreader on DVD
bin/zimreader zim/wikip000.zim
  -x zim/wikipedi.zim
report bugs!
Wikimania 2009
August 26th - 28th, 2009
openZIM has presented itself, its goals and delieverables at the annual international Wikimania conference in Buenos Aires. Visit the talk of Manuel Schneider and get in touch with us!
Cooperation with Wikimedia Foundation
2009-04-16
In a phone conference with Erik Möller, Brion Vibber and Tomasz Finc of the Wikimedia Foundation and Manuel the goals and deliverables of the openZIM project have been discussed. The WMF aims to include the ZIM file format into their dump process and that they will support openZIM to become the standard offline format for Wikimedia Wikis. Long-term goal is to have a "one-click" functionality inside MediaWiki to create ZIM files on demand. Some more interesting ideas and projects the Wikimedia Foundation is looking forward have been discussed, openZIM may become part of those as well.
openZIM project started
2009-02-22
The first developer meeting of openZIM just took place near Basel (CH). A team consisting Tommi Mäkitalo (Tntnet), Emmanuel Engelhart (Kiwix), Johannes Schauer (OpenMoko) and Manuel Schneider (Wikimedia CH) have been formed. openZIM will provide free documentation and implementation of the ZIM file format, an efficient storage for hypertext data, aimed at offline access to Wikipedia.

Current goal is to present the project at LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin and have a Wikipedia DVD with all german articles ready by then as a demonstration object.

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