Openverse
{{Short description|Open-source search engine for open content}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Openverse
| logo = Openverse logo.svg
| screenshot = Openverse screenshot 2024-08-08.png
| type = Search engine
| language = Multilingual
| owner = WordPress Foundation{{Cite web |date=2010-09-09 |title=Trademark Policy |url=https://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=WordPress Foundation |language=en-US}}
| url = {{Official URL}}
| current_status = Active
| programming_language = JavaScript, Python
}}
Openverse is an open-source search engine for open content developed as part of the WordPress project.{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Openverse |url=https://openverse.org/about/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Make Openverse – Openverse is a search tool for CC-licensed and public domain content across the internet. – WordPress.org |url=https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Handbook – Make Openverse – WordPress.org |date=11 May 2021 |url=https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/handbook/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |language=en-US}} It searches Creative Commons licensed and public domain content from dozens of different sources.{{Cite web |title=Sources {{!}} Openverse |url=https://openverse.org/sources/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |language=en-US}} The software is licensed under the MIT License.{{Cite web |title=Openverse, WordPress Git repository |url=https://github.com/wordpress/openverse |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=GitHub |language=en}}
Openverse indexes over 700 million items.{{Cite web |title=Post-iNaturalist Data Refresh Status – Make Openverse – WordPress.org |date=21 February 2023 |url=https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/2023/02/21/post-inaturalist-data-refresh-status/ |access-date=2023-09-15 |language=en-US}}
History
In February 2017 Creative Commons announced CC Search, an open source search engine for open content, and released a beta version.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-07 |title=Announcing the new CC Search, now in Beta |url=https://creativecommons.org/2017/02/07/new-cc-search/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Creative Commons |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=History of Openverse – Make Openverse – WordPress.org |date=11 May 2021 |url=https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/handbook/history-of-openverse/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |language=en-US}} A stable version of CC Search appeared in April 2019.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-30 |title=CC Search is out of beta with 300M images and easier attribution |url=https://creativecommons.org/2019/04/30/cc-search-images/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Creative Commons |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Upcoming Changes to the CC Open Source Community |url=https://opensource.creativecommons.org/blog/entries/2020-12-07-upcoming-changes-to-community/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Creative Commons}}
In April–May 2021, Catherine Stihler (Creative Commons) and Matt Mullenweg (WordPress Foundation, Automattic Inc.) announced that CC Search joined the WordPress project.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-03 |title=CC Search to Join WordPress |url=https://creativecommons.org/2021/05/03/cc-search-to-join-wordpress/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Creative Commons |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-27 |title=CC Search to join WordPress.org |url=https://ma.tt/2021/04/cc-search-to-join-wordpress-org/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Matt Mullenweg |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-28 |title=Creative Commons Search to Relaunch on WordPress.org |url=https://wptavern.com/creative-commons-search-to-relaunch-on-wordpress-org |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=WP Tavern |language=en-US}} Automattic hired key members of the CC Search team and sponsors their contributions to the project as part of the [https://wordpress.org/five-for-the-future/ Five for the Future] initiative. A new name was also introduced, Openverse.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-11 |title=Welcome to Openverse |url=https://wordpress.org/news/2021/05/welcome-to-openverse/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=WordPress News |language=en-US}} 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. The WordPress Foundation owns the Openverse trademark and its other intellectual property rights.{{Cite web |date=2010-09-09 |title=Trademark Policy |url=https://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=WordPress Foundation |language=en-US}} In December 2020, the CC Search domain name was redirected to Openverse.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-13 |title=Dear Users of CC Search, Welcome to Openverse |url=https://creativecommons.org/2021/12/13/dear-users-of-cc-search-welcome-to-openverse/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=Creative Commons |language=en-US}}
In January 2022, Openverse launched a redesigned user interface and support for searching audio files.{{Cite web |title=Everything You Need to Know About Openverse and the WordPress Photo Directory – Make Openverse |date=25 January 2022 |url=https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/2022/01/25/everything-you-need-to-know-about-openverse-and-the-wordpress-photo-directory/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}
In February 2023, Openverse moved to the domain https://openverse.org and refreshed the user interface: adding a search history for recent searches.{{Cite web |title=Openverse.org is live – Make Openverse – WordPress.org |url=https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/2023/02/08/openverse-org-is-live/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |language=en-US}} In September 2023, Openverse won the OE Awards for Excellence in Open Infrastructure.{{Cite web |title=Openverse |url=https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2023/open-infrastructure/openverse/ |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=OE Awards for Excellence |language=en-US}}
Search engine sources
Openverse searches content from over 45 different media sources, including Wikimedia Commons, Europeana, and Flickr.{{Cite web |title=openverse/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts at main · WordPress/openverse |url=https://github.com/WordPress/openverse/tree/main/catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=GitHub |language=en}}
See also
- Open content
- [https://wordpress.org/news/2021/05/the-commons-of-images/ Episode 8: The Commons of Images – WP Briefing], podcast episode of Openverse
References
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External links
{{Commonscat}}
- {{Official website}}
- [https://make.wordpress.org/openverse Openverse developer site]
- [https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/handbook Openverse developer handbook]
- [https://api.openverse.engineering Openverse API]
- [https://github.com/wordpress/openverse Openverse Git repository]