Everythingpast
Everythingpast is a hypothetical or proposed digital knowledge project that seeks to aggregate and present comprehensive information about past events across time. It emphasizes verifiable sources and contextual notes, distinguishing itself from general encyclopedias by focusing on provenance and temporal coverage.
Content includes historical events, archeological findings, cultural histories, biographies, and environmental records. It uses a structured
History and development: concept introduced by a coalition of archivists, historians, and computer scientists in the
Access and tools: offers a web interface, an API, and data dumps under an open license. Features
Governance and licensing: emphasizes transparent curation, explicit provenance, and community moderation. Data licensed under permissive terms
Reception and challenges: praised for ambition and potential as a research aid; critiques focus on data quality,