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<font size="5">'''Convivial Tools Database'''</font><br>
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This website is a database about people, concepts, projects and websites related to [[Convivial Tools]]. [[Ivan Illich]] coined the term [[Convivial Tools]] in his 1973 book [[Tools for Conviviality]]. [[Convivial Tools]] can be defined as tools which allow the user to operate with independent efficiency.

==About this Site==
This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress Work in Progress]. To browse the site see:
*[[:Category:Root]]: to descend the branches of the categories and sub-categories.
*[[Site Map]]: the list of main categories and pages.
*See also [[About this Site]] and [[Road Maps]].

==Focus on the Convivial Tool itself==
'''For an overview, see: [[Convivial Tool]].<br>'''
Convivial Tool Principles:
*[[:Category:Convivial Design]]
Convivial Tool product and marketing:
*[[:Category:Convivial Product]]

==Thematic Topics==
'''For an overview, see: [[Thematic Topics]].<br>'''
Historical background:
*[[:Category:Historical Roots]]
*[[:Category:Post-War Cybernetics]]
*[[:Category:Whole Earth]]
*[[:Category:Appropriate Technology]]
*[[:Category:Ivan Illich]]
*[[:Category:Hacker Generation]]

Computers and Internet:
*[[:Category:Cyberspace]]
*[[:Category:FOSS]] ([[Free and Open Source Software]])
*[[:Category:Open Source]]
*[[:Category:Convivial Websites]]
*[[:Category:Web 2.0]]
*[[:Category:Web 3.0]]

Other technical topics:
*[[:Category:Open Design]]

==Is this Website a Wiki?==
This website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki]]. However, the site is currently configured so that only registered users can edit pages, and there is only one registered user.

==See Also==
See also the precursor of this website, the unfinished and abandoned [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia].