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<font size="5">'''Convivial Tools Database'''</font><br>
 
<font size="5">'''Convivial Tools Database'''</font><br>
 
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This website is a database about people and concepts 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.
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This website is a database about people, artifacts, concepts and movements 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.
  
This site is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress Work in Progress]. It replaces my earlier [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia]. Links to pages that have yet to be created appear as [[red links]]. For a look behind the scenes, see [[:Category:Scaffolding]]. All categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]].
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This database website is a companion to the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org conviviality.ouvaton.org] website, which remains my main showcase about Convivial Tools.
  
 
==The Convivial Tool==
 
==The Convivial Tool==
The central part of this website seeks to describe the [[Convivial Tool]] as a possible object of design and marketing. See the following categories and pages:
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This part of the website seeks to describe the [[Convivial Tool]] as a possible object of design and marketing. See the following categories and pages:
 
*[[:Category:Convivial Design]]: characteristics of the convivial tool
 
*[[:Category:Convivial Design]]: characteristics of the convivial tool
 
**Introductory page: [[Convivial Tool Characteristics]]
 
**Introductory page: [[Convivial Tool Characteristics]]
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The scope of these thematic topics is too wide. Some of the pages have been transferred or copied into my [http://interdb.org Internet Database] and [http://iuserguide.com Internet User Guide]. Detailed pages on [[wiki]]s have been transferred to my [http://toolswiki.ouvaton.org Wiki History Database].
 
The scope of these thematic topics is too wide. Some of the pages have been transferred or copied into my [http://interdb.org Internet Database] and [http://iuserguide.com Internet User Guide]. Detailed pages on [[wiki]]s have been transferred to my [http://toolswiki.ouvaton.org Wiki History Database].
  
==Is this Website a Wiki?==
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==About this website==
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.
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Michael Slattery is the creator and administrator of this site.
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The website is a structured collection of pages grouped into categories. All categories are attached, directly or indirectly, to [[:Category:Root]]. Links to pages that have yet to be created appear as [[red links]]. For a look behind the scenes, see [[:Category:Scaffolding]].
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Is this Website a Wiki? The website operates under [[MediaWiki]] software, and thus has the potential to be a [[Wiki]]. However, to prevent spam, the site is currently configured so that only I can edit pages.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
*The precursor of this website, the unfinished and abandoned [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia]
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*The companion website, [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org conviviality.ouvaton.org], my main showcase about Convivial Tools.
 
*[[Convivial Concepts]]
 
*[[Convivial Concepts]]
*[[Cooperation Database]]
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*[[Cooperation Database]]: a site-within-the-site, the beginning of what could be a separate project on the subject of Cooperation

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