Open Internet Reference

Evidence over assertion. Knowledge over opinion.

Open Internet Reference (OIR) is an evidence-based knowledge base for the legal, constitutional, historical, technical, and public policy landscape around internet architecture, distributed systems, peer-to-peer networking, cryptography, open source software, privacy, internet governance, and digital rights.

OIR is in Sprint 8 preparing the first public release candidate, with 21 seed knowledge pages and 36 bibliography sources.

Start Here

• Seed Knowledge Pages: verified knowledge records across legal, technical, and organization domains
• Generated Handbook: a linear reading edition assembled from knowledge metadata
• Print Handbook: browser-printable edition with cover metadata
• Relationship Visualization: interactive graph of source-backed edges
• Review Status: editorial and verification dashboard
• Bibliography: source records and generated indexes
• Roadmap: current sprint and completed milestones

Local Preview

From the repository root:

.\StartLocalServer.bat

./StartLocalServer.sh

Open http://127.0.0.1:8000.

What OIR Tracks

• Verified facts
• Historical context
• Technical analysis
• Legal analysis
• Commentary, when clearly labeled
• Recommendations, when clearly labeled
• Evidence-backed relationships among people, organizations, cases, statutes, technologies, protocols, and sources

Project Sources

The Git repository is the source of truth. Generated artifacts, including the public website build, are derived from repository content.