This article first reviews the characteristics that should be possessed by an encyclopedia and the criteria to be used in evaluating encyclopedia articles. It then examines to what extent this website may be considered a true encyclopedia, and what steps should be taken to meet the standard (...)

This "Convivial Tools" website was originally created to promote Ivan Illich’s idea of convivial tools. The site is currently evolving into an on-line encyclopedia on the subject of convivial tools. This project of building an on-line encyclopedia raises the following questions: Why (...)