Hi Robert,<br>Excellent question. Open Scriptures certainly doesn't need to be distinct from CrossWire, and our values and principles are very much in line with each other. But our focus is different, as you observed with Open Siddur. CrossWire/SWORD is focused on developing (primarily) desktop and mobile applications that work with existing scriptural datasets. Open Scriptures is focused on linking together existing scriptural datasets (Linked Data/Semantic Web) and on developing a standardized API for developing web applications based on this Linked Data. CrossWire focuses on Java and C++, whereas Open Scriptures focuses on JavaScript, Ajax, REST, Django, etc.: we focus on the Web technology stack. Nevertheless, we aren't focused on building the next killer Bible web application, but rather we are focused on making the development of such applications easy and more powerful then ever before. We are seeking to serve developers, not the end-users of the applications developed. CrossWire and Open Scriptures both rely on OSIS, but Open Scriptures has the success of OSIS perhaps closer to our core focus.<br>
<br>Anyone at CrossWire agree with this assessment of how our respective organizations compare? I'm eager to hear your perspective and to correct any misunderstandings I may have about CrossWire.<br><br>Thanks!<br>Weston<br>
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.... On the resources page we could give short descriptions and URLs for related projects, like CrossWire/SWORD, Osis Users, Open Siddur, etc. That way if people are looking for information, they could find it there, or we could point them there.<br>
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Can I ask Weston (and others) a question here, since I wasn't involved at the beginning: Why did you start OpenScriptures instead of just combining with / joining CrossWire/SWORD? I can see that Open Siddur has a specific focus, and OSIS is a standards group not a production effort, but I can't see clearly why we need both OpenScriptures and SWORD? How are they differentiated? Why does the world need both? (I'm still learning about both.)<br>
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