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QRpedia

QRpedia
A QRpedia code which resolves as the URL http://en.qrwp.org/QRpedia, used widely as the logo
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The QRpedia website, showing a QR code, which decodes as the URL http://en.qrwp.org/QRpedia
Available inMultilingual
Created by
  • Terence Eden
  • Roger Bamkin
URLqrpedia.org Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialNo
RegistrationNone
Launched9 April 2011 (2011-04-09)
Current statusOnline
Content licence
MIT Licence

QRpedia is a mobile Web-based system which uses QR codes to deliver Wikipedia articles to users, in their preferred language.[1][2][3] A typical use is on museum labels, linking to Wikipedia articles about the exhibited object. QR codes can easily be generated to link directly to any Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), but the QRpedia system adds further functionality. It is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Wikimedia UK (WMUK).

QRpedia was conceived by Roger Bamkin, a Wikipedia volunteer, coded by Terence Eden, and unveiled in April 2011. It is in use at museums and other institutions in countries including Australia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, North Macedonia, Spain, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ukraine[4] and the United States. The project's source code is freely reusable under the MIT License.

  1. ^ Eden, Terence (2011-04-03). "Introducing QRpedia". Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  2. ^ Anon (2011-08-19). "The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Creates New Learning Opportunities through Wikipedian-in-Residence". The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  3. ^ Johnson, L.; Adams, S. (2011). The Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education 2011-201 (PDF). NMC Horizon Report Regional Analyses. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. ISBN 978-0-615-38209-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-05.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ukraine was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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