Open food facts

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Open food facts
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Yes we scan!
Collaborative database
languages Multilingual
Registration Optional, needed to help
Annual income noncommercial
programming language Perl (web version), Java (new Android version), Swift (new iOS version), HTML / CSS / JS (web and current mobile version)
On-line May 19, 2012
https://world.openfoodfacts.org/
Stéphane Gigandet will present the project in October 2012 at the Open World Forum .

Open Food Facts is a free, online, crowdsourcing database of food products from around the world. It is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) and with the photos added by users under the Creative Commons license with attribution.

history

The project was founded on May 19, 2012 by the French programmer Stéphane Gigandet. The occasion was the “Food Revolution Day” organized by Jamie Oliver . In 2013 it won the Dataconnexions Prize from Etalabund . 2015 OKFN Prize from the Open Knowledge Foundation .

In May 2016 there were more than 80,000 products from 141 different countries in the database. In June 2017, thanks to the increasing use of apps and open data imports from various countries, this number rose to 880,000.

overview

The project collects information and data on food products from around the world.

For each product, the database stores the article description, quantity, type of packaging, brand, category, manufacturing or processing locations, countries and shops in which the product is sold, list of ingredients, traces that can cause food allergies or food taboos, as well as food additives and nutritional information.

All employees can add and edit products based on the information explicitly stated on the packaging. The GTIN number printed on the packaging within the barcode is normally used as an identifier for each product. Cellular applications are used to take photos and information, which the volunteers then manually edit.

Because of the similar mechanisms for changing, expanding or deleting the content and structure, the project is often compared to Wikipedia in the media.

Re-use

The data is used by various projects, for example on topics such as palm oil, sugar or the places where the products are manufactured.

Web links

Commons : Open Food Facts  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Open Food Facts Team .
  2. ↑ B.Gans: Interview of the fondateurs de Openfoodfacts.org et Product-Open-Data.com . 11th March 2013.
  3. ^ Conditions d'utilisation, de contribution et de réutilisation .
  4. ↑ Laure Belot: Alimentation: face aux doutes, les internautes s'organisent . April 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Dataconnexions # 4: Découvrez les huit lauréats de cette édition! ( French ) January 4, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ Winners of the OKFN award to open knowledge, open data and transparency . February 22, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ Stéphane Gigandet: Open Food Facts turns 4, 83K food products in open data! . May 19, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ https://world.openfoodfacts.org/products
  9. ↑ Mieux connaître What We Mangeons . July 3, 2012 .: “Les étiquettes et autres emballages de nos aliments fourmillent d'informations: nature des produits, quantité, origine, ingrédients, à cela s'ajoutent les allergènes, les tableaux affichant la composition nutritionnelle, sans oublier les labels en tous genres, ou encore l'empreinte carbone. "
  10. ↑ Dans l'ESS, l'ouverture des données a bien commencé: focus sur trois projets passionnants . April 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ Audrey Parfait: Open Food Facts, nouveau site d'informations alimentaires . In: L'Express . May 2, 2012. "Sur le modèle de l'encyclopédie en ligne Wikipedia, Open Food Facts est fondé sur la collaboration des utilisateurs."
  12. ↑ Open Food Facts, le wikipédia des aliments . April 26, 2013.
  13. ↑ List of reuses Data.gouv.fr