Community • _Open Encyclopedia System EN

Welcome to the OES Community!

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OES is an open-source software that benefits from being used and enhanced by the community. Within the OES community, researchers, developers, and representatives of various institutions collaborate to expand and improve OES as a research and publication infrastructure for open-access, lemmas-based publishing, in line with the needs of the academic community.

Would you like to participate in OES-related work? You are very welcome!

Since March 2025, our DFG project ComOES has supported the establishment and consolidation of OES.

Events

OES community meetings

Once or twice a year, OES users and interested parties gather at Freie Universität Berlin for the OES Community Meeting. These two-day events provide space for exchange and creating synergies.

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OES MeetUps

The OES community meets online to exchange ideas and discuss topics related to working with OES. The online meetings usually take place once a month. You are kindly invited to participate!

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Further events and workshops

In addition to the community formats, the OES team offers workshops on OES and participates in conferences and events, often in collaboration with other projects.

OES manual

All about using OES, accompanied by illustrative examples of its possible applications.

FAQs

You will find answers to frequently asked questions in our FAQ section. Click here for the German version.

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OES community mailing list

The platform for OES community members to share information on working with OES. Please contact us to be added to the mailing list.

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Help shape the OES community

There are numerous ways to get involved and contribute to the development and dissemination of OES beyond code development. For example:

contributing OES materials such as the manual or checklist or co-editng
co-organising of or participating in our community meetings, both online and offline
participating in public relations tasks (we are planning a new flyer, among other things)
networking, e.g. introducing OES to the academic community, publishing on OES, using OES in workshops or courses)
We are open to your ideas!

We would love to see the community grow! Join us at our MeetUps and community meetings, subscribe to the OES mailing list, or contact us via email at info@open-encyclopedia-system.org or at a conference. We look forward to hearing from you!