Software:Openverse

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Openverse is an open-source search engine for open content developed as part of the WordPress project.[1][2][3] It searches Creative Commons licensed and public domain content from dozens of different sources.[4] The software is licensed under the MIT License.[5]

Openverse indexes over 700 million items.[6]

History

In February 2017 Creative Commons announced CC Search, an open source search engine for open content, and released a beta version.[7][8] A stable version of CC Search appeared in April 2019.[9][8]

In December 2020, after Creative Commons staff changes, CC Search and a few other projects no longer had the necessary staff capacity. Those services went into maintenance mode, with the services remaining available while development was suspended.[10][8]

In April–May 2021, Catherine Stihler (Creative Commons) and Matt Mullenweg (WordPress Foundation, Automattic Inc.) announced that CC Search joined the WordPress project.[11][12][13] Automattic hired key members of the CC Search team and sponsors their contributions to the project as part of the Five for the Future initiative.[12] A new name was also introduced, Openverse.[14] Openverse is the successor to CC Search, and is developed from the same code base of CC Search. It aims to be a broader open content search engine, continue development work and expand features.[14] The WordPress Foundation owns the Openverse trademark and its other intellectual property rights.[15] In December 2020, the CC Search domain name was redirected to Openverse.[16]

In January 2022, Openverse launched a redesigned user interface and support for searching audio files.[17]

In February 2023, Openverse moved to the domain https://openverse.org and refreshed the user interface: adding a search history for recent searches.[18] In September 2023, Openverse won the OE Awards for Excellence in Open Infrastructure.[19]

Search engine sources

Openverse searches content from over 45 different media sources, including Wikimedia Commons, Europeana, and Flickr.[20][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About | Openverse" (in en-US). https://openverse.org/about/. 
  2. ↑ "Make Openverse – Openverse is a search tool for CC-licensed and public domain content across the internet. – WordPress.org" (in en-US). https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/. 
  3. ↑ "Handbook – Make Openverse – WordPress.org" (in en-US). 11 May 2021. https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/handbook/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sources | Openverse" (in en-US). https://openverse.org/sources/. 
  5. ↑ "Openverse, WordPress Git repository" (in en). https://github.com/wordpress/openverse. 
  6. ↑ "Post-iNaturalist Data Refresh Status – Make Openverse – WordPress.org" (in en-US). 21 February 2023. https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/2023/02/21/post-inaturalist-data-refresh-status/. 
  7. ↑ "Announcing the new CC Search, now in Beta" (in en-US). 2017-02-07. https://creativecommons.org/2017/02/07/new-cc-search/. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "History of Openverse – Make Openverse – WordPress.org" (in en-US). 11 May 2021. https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/handbook/history-of-openverse/. 
  9. ↑ "CC Search is out of beta with 300M images and easier attribution" (in en-US). 2019-04-30. https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/30/cc-search-images/. 
  10. ↑ "Upcoming Changes to the CC Open Source Community". https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/entries/2020-12-07-upcoming-changes-to-community/. 
  11. ↑ "CC Search to Join WordPress" (in en-US). 2021-05-03. https://creativecommons.org/2021/05/03/cc-search-to-join-wordpress/. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "CC Search to join WordPress.org" (in en-US). 2021-04-27. https://ma.tt/2021/04/cc-search-to-join-wordpress-org/. 
  13. ↑ "Creative Commons Search to Relaunch on WordPress.org" (in en-US). 2021-04-28. https://wptavern.com/creative-commons-search-to-relaunch-on-wordpress-org. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Welcome to Openverse" (in en-US). 2021-05-11. https://wordpress.org/news/2021/05/welcome-to-openverse/. 
  15. ↑ "Trademark Policy" (in en-US). 2010-09-09. https://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/. 
  16. ↑ "Dear Users of CC Search, Welcome to Openverse" (in en-US). 2021-12-13. https://creativecommons.org/2021/12/13/dear-users-of-cc-search-welcome-to-openverse/. 
  17. ↑ "Everything You Need to Know About Openverse and the WordPress Photo Directory – Make Openverse" (in en-US). 25 January 2022. https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/2022/01/25/everything-you-need-to-know-about-openverse-and-the-wordpress-photo-directory/. 
  18. ↑ "Openverse.org is live – Make Openverse – WordPress.org" (in en-US). https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/2023/02/08/openverse-org-is-live/. 
  19. ↑ "Openverse" (in en-US). https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2023/open-infrastructure/openverse/. 
  20. ↑ "openverse/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts at main · WordPress/openverse" (in en). https://github.com/WordPress/openverse/tree/main/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts. 



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