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The Cathedral and the Bazaar

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The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Summary

The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (267 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar authored Eric S. Raymond[3].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's publisher is recorded as O’Reilly Media[5].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's movement is recorded as open source movement[6].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's genre is recorded as non-fiction[7].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's genre is recorded as essay[8].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's followed by is recorded as Homesteading the Noosphere[9].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's OCLC number is recorded as 248224631[10].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's OCLC number is recorded as 182863872[11].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's copyright license is recorded as Open Publication License[12].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's publication date is recorded as +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's publication date is recorded as +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b1s5[17].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's Open Library ID is recorded as OL6036025W[18].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's has edition or translation is recorded as The Cathedral and the Bazaar[19].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's has edition or translation is recorded as The Cathedral and the Bazaar[20].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's official website is recorded as http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/[21].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's main subject is recorded as open source[22].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's main subject is recorded as software release life cycle[23].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's main subject is recorded as top-down and bottom-up design[24].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's work available at URL is recorded as http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/[25].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 28530[26].
  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar'}[27].

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Designation and Status

The Cathedral and the Bazaar's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Cathedral and the Bazaar ranks in the top 4% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (267 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Eric S. Raymond United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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