bugs@omdb

omdb (open media database) is a free database for film media. There is no set editorial staff, but rather a large number of movie addicts and lovers who volunteer their time to provide material and develop the site. Anybody can add or change existing information on omdb once they have done the quick and simple task of signing up for their user login name. Films will thus be represented with equal opportunities as Blockbusters, Soap Operas, and a college thesis film will each have their own place on omdb. omdb is a non-commercial project. All the contents of the site are published under the Creative Commons License. The databank is therefore represents a contribution to free knowledge on the internet. The information does not belong to a company or person but rather to the general public (more about the CC-License). omdb consciously keeps itself away from commercial related information (help?) with an objective to provide an self-contained film database.

The basic principle for this project is to create a working "data model" with the basic idea of housing and networking film data (for example a films production year, producers, actors, genres, or specific plot keywords etc.). In addition to these preexisting guidelines, the site in it's entirety will accumulate to be a comprehensive film encyclopedia with information about specific films, people, originations, stylistic devices, genres, film jobs, and so on.

The relational data as well as the texts are entered by omdb database users. As the ability to correct information is possible more and more of the information provided will become more reliable. In contrast a data model with an editorial department does not in the long term have the support of the community as they are in the position of finalizing, or 'freezing' specific information and thus making future development difficult. With omdb's concept the relational data and texts stay forever free to be edited and to evolve with time. This ensures a higher level of quality as users can evaluate and revise other users text in the omdb community that may be incomplete or contain false information.

In the long run omdb should not only be a 'medium' for film but also for books, CD's, video games, etc.

License

The source code of omdb is licensed under the terms of the MIT-License, effective on 2007-06-22.

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