<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
(	O
from	O
directory.mozilla.org,	O
an	O
earlier	O
domain	O
name	O
,	O
stylized	O
in	O
lowercase	O
in	O
its	O
logo	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
multilingual	O
open-content	O
directory	B-Application
of	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
and	O
community	B-Architecture
who	O
maintained	O
it	O
were	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Directory	I-Application
Project	I-Application
(	O
ODP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
owned	O
by	O
AOL	O
(	O
now	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Verizon	O
Media	O
)	O
but	O
constructed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
a	O
community	B-Architecture
of	O
volunteer	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
used	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
ontology	O
scheme	O
for	O
organizing	O
site	O
listings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
closed	O
on	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2017	O
because	O
AOL	O
no	O
longer	O
wished	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
became	O
a	O
single	O
landing	O
page	O
on	O
that	O
day	O
,	O
with	O
links	O
to	O
a	O
static	O
archive	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
,	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
DMOZ	B-Application
discussion	B-Application
forum	I-Application
,	O
where	O
plans	O
to	O
rebrand	O
and	O
relaunch	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
are	O
being	O
discussed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
a	O
non-editable	O
mirror	O
remained	O
available	O
at	O
dmoztools.net,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
DMOZ	B-Application
URL	O
would	O
not	O
return	O
,	O
a	O
successor	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
named	O
Curlie	B-Application
would	O
be	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
as	O
Gnuhoo	B-Application
by	O
Rich	O
Skrenta	O
and	O
Bob	O
Truel	O
in	O
1998	O
while	O
they	O
were	O
both	O
working	O
as	O
engineers	O
for	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Tolles	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
at	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
as	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
marketing	O
for	O
network	O
security	O
products	O
,	O
also	O
signed	O
on	O
in	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Gnuhoo	B-Application
along	O
with	O
co-founders	O
Bryn	O
Dole	O
and	O
Jeremy	O
Wenokur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skrenta	O
had	O
developed	O
TASS	O
,	O
an	O
ancestor	O
of	O
tin	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
popular	O
threaded	O
Usenet	B-Application
newsreader	O
for	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
category	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
Gnuhoo	B-Application
directory	B-Application
was	O
based	O
loosely	O
on	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
Usenet	B-Application
newsgroups	O
then	O
in	O
existence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gnuhoo	B-Application
directory	B-Application
went	O
live	O
on	O
June	O
5	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
objected	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Gnu	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
Gnuhoo	B-Application
was	O
changed	O
to	O
NewHoo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
switching	O
to	O
ZURL	O
,	O
NewHoo	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
Corporation	I-Protocol
in	O
October	O
1998	O
and	O
became	O
the	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Directory	I-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
released	O
Open	O
Directory	B-Application
data	O
under	O
the	O
Open	O
Directory	B-Application
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
AOL	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
and	O
DMOZ	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
assets	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
acquisition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
assumed	O
stewardship	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Directory	I-Application
Project	I-Application
had	O
about	O
100,000	O
URLs	O
indexed	O
with	O
contributions	O
from	O
about	O
4500	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
URLs	O
indexed	O
by	O
DMOZ	B-Application
reached	O
one	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
unofficial	O
estimate	O
,	O
the	O
URLs	O
in	O
DMOZ	B-Application
numbered	O
1.6	O
million	O
in	O
April	O
2000	O
,	O
surpassing	O
those	O
in	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Directory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
achieved	O
the	O
milestones	O
of	O
indexing	O
two	O
million	O
URLs	O
on	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
three	O
million	O
listings	O
on	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
four	O
million	O
on	O
December	O
3	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
began	O
publishing	O
online	O
reports	O
to	O
inform	O
the	O
public	O
about	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
reports	O
gave	O
greater	O
insight	O
into	O
the	O
functioning	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
than	O
the	O
simplified	O
statistics	O
provided	O
on	O
the	O
front	O
page	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
75,151	O
editors	O
had	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
as	O
of	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
main	O
server	O
suffered	O
a	O
catastrophic	O
failure	O
that	O
prevented	O
editors	O
from	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
until	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
that	O
period	O
,	O
an	O
older	O
build	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
was	O
visible	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
's	O
interface	O
was	O
given	O
an	O
upgrade	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
branded	O
"	O
DMOZ	B-Application
3.0	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
AOL	O
took	O
it	O
offline	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
DMOZ	B-Application
became	O
more	O
widely	O
known	O
,	O
two	O
other	O
major	O
web	B-Application
directories	I-Application
edited	O
by	O
volunteers	O
and	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Go.com	O
and	O
Zeal	O
emerged	O
,	O
both	O
now	O
defunct	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
large-scale	O
community	B-Architecture
of	O
editors	O
to	O
compile	O
online	O
content	O
has	O
been	O
successfully	O
applied	O
to	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
editing	O
model	O
directly	O
inspired	O
at	O
least	O
three	O
other	O
open	O
content	O
volunteer	O
projects	O
:	O
music	O
site	O
MusicMoz	O
,	O
an	O
open	O
content	O
restaurant	O
directory	B-Application
known	O
as	O
ChefMoz	O
and	O
an	O
encyclopedia	O
known	O
as	O
Open	O
Site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Larry	O
Sanger	O
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
Nupedia	O
project	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
which	O
Wikipedia	O
grew	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gnuhoo	B-Application
borrowed	O
the	O
basic	O
outline	O
for	O
its	O
initial	O
ontology	O
from	O
Usenet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
became	O
multilingual	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
the	O
World	O
top-level	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remainder	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
lists	O
only	O
English	O
language	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
growth	O
rate	O
of	O
the	O
non-English	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
had	O
been	O
greater	O
than	O
the	O
English	O
component	O
since	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
English	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
held	O
almost	O
75%	O
of	O
the	O
sites	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
World	O
level	O
grew	O
to	O
over	O
1.5	O
million	O
sites	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
forming	O
roughly	O
one-third	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ontology	O
in	O
non-English	O
categories	O
generally	O
mirrors	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
English	O
directory	B-Application
,	O
although	O
exceptions	O
which	O
reflect	O
language	O
differences	O
are	O
quite	O
common	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adult	O
category	O
is	O
not	O
present	O
on	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
homepage	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
fully	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
RDF	O
dump	O
that	O
DMOZ	B-Application
provides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
bulk	O
of	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
is	O
categorized	O
primarily	O
by	O
topic	O
,	O
the	O
Regional	O
category	O
is	O
categorized	O
primarily	O
by	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
led	O
many	O
to	O
view	O
DMOZ	B-Application
as	O
two	O
parallel	O
directories	O
:	O
Regional	O
and	O
Topical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
14	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
a	O
special	O
directory	B-Application
within	O
DMOZ	B-Application
was	O
created	O
for	O
people	O
under	O
18	O
years	O
of	O
age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
factors	O
distinguishing	O
this	O
"	O
Kids	O
and	O
Teens	O
"	O
area	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
directory	B-Application
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
editing	O
permissions	O
are	O
such	O
that	O
the	O
community	B-Architecture
is	O
parallel	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
this	O
portion	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
included	O
over	O
32,000	O
site	O
listings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Directory	B-Application
listings	O
were	O
maintained	O
by	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robozilla	O
was	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
crawler	I-Application
written	O
to	O
check	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
all	O
sites	O
listed	O
in	O
DMOZ	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
process	O
was	O
critical	O
for	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
in	O
striving	O
to	O
achieve	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
founding	O
goals	O
:	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
link	O
rot	O
in	O
web	B-Application
directories	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
and	O
its	O
resulting	O
impact	O
on	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
rankings	O
(	O
See	O
PageRank	B-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
domains	O
with	O
lapsed	O
registration	O
that	O
were	O
listed	O
on	O
DMOZ	B-Application
attracted	O
domain	B-Protocol
hijacking	I-Protocol
,	O
an	O
issue	O
that	O
that	O
was	O
addressed	O
by	O
regularly	O
removing	O
expired	O
domains	O
from	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
corporate	O
funding	O
and	O
staff	O
for	O
DMOZ	B-Application
diminished	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
volunteers	O
created	O
editing	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
linkcheckers	O
to	O
supplement	O
Robozilla	O
,	O
category	O
crawlers	O
,	O
spellcheckers	O
,	O
search	O
tools	O
that	O
directly	O
sift	O
a	O
recent	O
RDF	O
dump	O
,	O
bookmarklets	B-Language
to	O
help	O
automate	O
some	O
editing	O
functions	O
,	O
mozilla	O
based	O
add-ons	O
,	O
and	O
tools	O
that	O
helped	O
work	O
through	O
unreviewed	O
queues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
data	O
was	O
previously	O
made	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Directory	B-Application
License	O
,	O
which	O
required	O
a	O
specific	O
DMOZ	B-Application
attribution	O
table	O
on	O
every	O
Web	O
page	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Open	O
Directory	B-Application
License	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
requirement	O
that	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
continually	O
check	O
DMOZ	B-Application
site	O
for	O
updates	O
and	O
discontinue	O
use	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
or	O
works	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
data	O
once	O
an	O
update	O
occurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
restriction	O
prompted	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
to	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
Open	O
Directory	B-Application
License	O
as	O
a	O
non-free	O
documentation	O
license	O
,	O
citing	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
redistribute	O
a	O
given	O
version	O
not	O
being	O
permanent	O
and	O
the	O
requirement	O
to	O
check	O
for	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
silently	O
changed	O
its	O
license	O
to	O
a	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
Attribution	O
license	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
license	O
(	O
and	O
GPL	B-License
compatible	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
data	O
is	O
made	O
available	O
through	O
an	O
RDF-like	O
dump	O
that	O
is	O
published	O
on	O
a	O
download	O
server	O
,	O
older	O
versions	O
are	O
also	O
archived	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editor	O
has	O
catalogued	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
bugs	O
that	O
are	O
encountered	O
in	O
the	O
DMOZ	B-Application
RDF	O
dump	O
,	O
most	O
importantly	O
that	O
the	O
file	O
format	O
is	O
not	O
RDF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
while	O
today	O
the	O
so-called	O
RDF	O
dump	O
is	O
valid	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
valid	O
RDF	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
software	O
to	O
process	O
the	O
DMOZ	B-Application
RDF	O
dump	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
specifically	O
written	O
for	O
DMOZ	B-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
data	O
powers	O
the	O
core	O
directory	B-Application
services	O
for	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
Web	O
's	O
largest	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
and	O
portals	O
,	O
including	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Search	O
,	O
AOL	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Alexa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Directory	I-Application
used	O
DMOZ	B-Application
information	O
,	O
until	O
being	O
shuttered	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
uses	O
are	O
also	O
made	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
2004	O
Overture	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
search	B-Application
service	I-Application
for	O
third	O
parties	O
combining	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Directory	B-Application
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
with	O
DMOZ	B-Application
titles	O
,	O
descriptions	O
and	O
category	O
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
Gigablast	B-Application
announced	O
on	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
its	O
searchable	B-Application
copy	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
permits	O
search	O
of	O
websites	O
listed	O
in	O
specific	O
categories	O
,	O
"	O
in	O
effect	O
,	O
instantly	O
creating	O
over	O
500,000	O
vertical	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
listed	O
313	O
English-language	O
Web	O
sites	O
that	O
use	O
DMOZ	B-Application
data	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
238	O
sites	O
in	O
other	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
these	O
figures	O
do	O
not	O
reflect	O
the	O
full	O
picture	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
as	O
those	O
sites	O
that	O
use	O
DMOZ	B-Application
data	O
without	O
following	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
DMOZ	B-Application
license	O
are	O
not	O
listed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Restrictions	O
are	O
imposed	O
on	O
who	O
can	O
become	O
an	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
gatekeeping	O
mechanism	O
is	O
an	O
editor	O
application	O
process	O
wherein	O
editor	O
candidates	O
demonstrate	O
their	O
editing	O
abilities	O
,	O
disclose	O
affiliations	O
that	O
might	O
pose	O
a	O
conflict	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
and	O
otherwise	O
give	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
how	O
the	O
applicant	O
would	O
likely	O
mesh	O
with	O
the	O
DMOZ	B-Application
culture	O
and	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
editing	O
model	O
is	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
they	O
have	O
demonstrated	O
basic	O
editing	O
skills	O
in	O
compliance	O
with	O
the	O
Editing	O
Guidelines	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
welcome	O
to	O
apply	O
for	O
additional	O
editing	O
privileges	O
in	O
either	O
a	O
broader	O
category	O
or	O
else	O
another	O
category	O
in	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mentorship	O
relationships	O
between	O
editors	O
are	O
encouraged	O
,	O
and	O
internal	O
forums	B-Application
provide	O
a	O
vehicle	O
for	O
new	O
editors	O
to	O
ask	O
questions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
has	O
its	O
own	O
internal	O
forums	B-Application
,	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
intended	O
only	O
for	O
editors	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
primarily	O
about	O
editing	O
topics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
the	O
forums	B-Application
requires	O
an	O
editor	O
account	O
and	O
editors	O
are	O
expected	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
these	O
forums	B-Application
private	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
time	O
,	O
senior	O
editors	O
can	O
be	O
granted	O
additional	O
privileges	O
which	O
reflect	O
their	O
editing	O
experience	O
and	O
leadership	O
within	O
the	O
editing	O
community	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
straightforward	O
is	O
edit	O
all	O
privileges	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
an	O
editor	O
to	O
access	O
all	O
categories	O
in	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cateditall	O
privileges	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
edit	O
all	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
for	O
a	O
single	O
directory	B-Application
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
catmod	O
privileges	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
meta	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
for	O
a	O
single	O
directory	B-Application
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Catmv	O
privileges	O
allow	O
editors	O
to	O
make	O
changes	O
to	O
directory	B-Application
ontology	O
by	O
moving	O
or	O
renaming	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Administrators	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
grant	O
editall+	O
privileges	O
to	O
other	O
editors	O
and	O
to	O
approve	O
new	O
directory-wide	O
policies	O
,	O
powers	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
only	O
been	O
available	O
to	O
root	O
(	O
staff	O
)	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editors	O
are	O
expected	O
to	O
abide	O
by	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
Editing	O
Guidelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
guidelines	O
describe	O
editing	O
basics	O
:	O
which	O
types	O
of	O
sites	O
may	O
be	O
listed	O
and	O
which	O
may	O
not	O
;	O
how	O
site	O
listings	O
should	O
be	O
titled	O
and	O
described	O
in	O
a	O
loosely	O
consistent	O
manner	O
;	O
conventions	O
for	O
the	O
naming	O
and	O
building	O
of	O
categories	O
;	O
conflict	O
of	O
interest	O
limitations	O
on	O
the	O
editing	O
of	O
sites	O
which	O
the	O
editor	O
may	O
own	O
or	O
otherwise	O
be	O
affiliated	O
with	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
code	O
of	O
conduct	O
within	O
the	O
community	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
Guidelines	O
are	O
periodically	O
revised	O
after	O
discussion	O
in	O
editor	O
forums	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
long	O
been	O
allegations	O
that	O
volunteer	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editors	O
give	O
favorable	O
treatment	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
websites	O
while	O
concomitantly	O
thwarting	O
the	O
good	O
faith	O
efforts	O
of	O
their	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
Public	O
Abuse	O
Report	O
System	O
that	O
allows	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
to	O
report	O
and	O
track	O
allegations	O
of	O
abusive	O
editor	O
conduct	O
using	O
an	O
online	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uninhibited	O
discussion	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
purported	O
shortcomings	O
has	O
become	O
more	O
common	O
on	O
mainstream	O
webmaster	O
discussion	B-Application
forums	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
site	O
policies	O
suggest	O
that	O
an	O
individual	O
site	O
should	O
be	O
submitted	O
to	O
only	O
one	O
category	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
Topix.com,	O
a	O
news	O
aggregation	O
site	O
operated	O
by	O
DMOZ	B-Application
founder	O
Rich	O
Skrenta	O
,	O
had	O
more	O
than	O
17,000	O
listings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
,	O
its	O
staff	O
gave	O
representatives	O
of	O
selected	O
companies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Rolling	O
Stone	O
or	O
CNN	B-Architecture
,	O
editing	O
access	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
list	O
individual	O
pages	O
from	O
their	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Links	O
to	O
individual	O
CNN	B-Architecture
articles	O
were	O
added	O
until	O
2004	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
entirely	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
directory	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2008	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
content	O
being	O
outdated	O
and	O
not	O
considered	O
worth	O
the	O
effort	O
to	O
maintain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Underlying	O
some	O
controversy	O
surrounding	O
DMOZ	B-Application
is	O
its	O
ownership	O
and	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
GnuHoo	B-Application
volunteers	O
felt	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
deceived	O
into	O
joining	O
a	O
commercial	O
enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
inception	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
little	O
thought	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
how	O
DMOZ	B-Application
should	O
be	O
managed	O
and	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
official	O
forums	B-Application
,	O
guidelines	O
or	O
FAQs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
time	O
went	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
ODP	O
editor	O
forums	B-Application
became	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
DMOZ	B-Application
parliament	O
,	O
and	O
when	O
one	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
staff	O
members	O
would	O
post	O
an	O
opinion	O
in	O
the	O
forums	B-Application
,	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
considered	O
an	O
official	O
ruling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
so	O
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
staff	O
began	O
to	O
give	O
trusted	O
senior	O
editors	O
additional	O
editing	O
privileges	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
approve	O
new	O
editor	O
applications	O
,	O
which	O
eventually	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
stratified	O
hierarchy	O
of	O
duties	O
and	O
privileges	O
among	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editors	O
,	O
with	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
paid	O
staff	O
having	O
the	O
final	O
say	O
regarding	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
policies	O
and	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
Keating	O
,	O
a	O
principal	O
of	O
Touchstone	O
Consulting	O
Group	O
in	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
since	O
2006	O
,	O
worked	O
as	O
AOL	O
's	O
program	O
manager	O
for	O
DMOZ	B-Application
since	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
started	O
working	O
for	O
AOL	O
in	O
1999	O
as	O
senior	O
editor	O
for	O
AOL	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
then	O
as	O
managing	O
editor	O
,	O
AOL	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
as	O
media	O
ecosystem	O
manager	O
,	O
AOL	O
Product	O
Marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
editor	O
removal	O
procedures	O
are	O
overseen	O
by	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
staff	O
and	O
meta-editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
official	O
editorial	O
guidelines	O
,	O
editors	O
are	O
removed	O
for	O
abusive	O
editing	O
practices	O
or	O
uncivil	O
behaviour	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discussions	O
that	O
may	O
result	O
in	O
disciplinary	O
action	O
against	O
volunteer	O
editors	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
private	O
forum	O
which	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
staff	O
and	O
meta	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
article	O
"	O
Editor	O
Removal	O
Explained	O
"	O
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
meta	O
editor	O
Arlarson	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
confusion	O
about	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
editors	O
from	O
DMOZ	B-Application
results	O
from	O
false	O
or	O
misleading	O
statements	O
by	O
former	O
editors	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
confidentiality	O
guidelines	O
prohibit	O
any	O
current	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editors	O
in	O
a	O
position	O
to	O
know	O
anything	O
from	O
discussing	O
the	O
reasons	O
for	O
specific	O
editor	O
removals	O
,	O
however	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
potential	O
reasons	O
was	O
provided	O
in	O
the	O
guidelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
this	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
removed	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editors	O
wondering	O
why	O
they	O
cannot	O
log	O
in	O
at	O
DMOZ	B-Application
to	O
perform	O
their	O
editing	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
F	O
.	O
Prenatt	O
,	O
Jr.	O
,	O
former	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editor	O
netesq	O
,	O
and	O
another	O
former	O
editor	O
known	O
by	O
the	O
alias	O
The	O
Cunctator	O
,	O
both	O
claim	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
removed	O
for	O
disagreeing	O
with	O
staff	O
about	O
changes	O
to	O
policies	O
,	O
particularly	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
copyright	O
policies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Senior	O
DMOZ	B-Application
editors	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
attach	O
"	O
warning	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
do	O
not	O
list	O
"	O
notes	O
to	O
individual	O
domains	O
but	O
no	O
editor	O
has	O
the	O
unilateral	O
ability	O
to	O
block	O
certain	O
sites	O
from	O
being	O
listed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criticism	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
's	O
hierarchical	O
structure	O
emerged	O
by	O
around	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
Web	O
2.0	O
,	O
folksonomies	B-General_Concept
began	O
to	O
appear	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
editors	O
proposed	O
that	O
folksonomies	B-General_Concept
,	O
networks	O
and	O
directed	O
graphs	O
are	O
more	O
"	O
natural	O
"	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
manage	O
than	O
hierarchies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ODPSearch	O
software	O
is	O
a	O
derivative	O
version	O
of	O
Isearch	B-Application
which	O
is	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ODP	O
Editor	O
Forums	B-Application
were	O
originally	O
run	O
on	O
software	O
that	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
proprietary	O
Ultimate	O
Bulletin	O
Board	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2003	O
,	O
they	O
switched	O
to	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
phpBB	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
these	O
forums	B-Application
were	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
phpBB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bug	O
tracking	O
software	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
ODP	O
is	O
Bugzilla	B-Application
and	O
the	O
web	O
server	O
Apache	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Squid	B-Protocol
web	O
proxy	O
server	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
August	O
2007	O
when	O
the	O
storage	O
servers	O
were	O
reorganized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DMOZ	B-Application
database/editing	O
software	O
is	O
closed	O
source	O
(	O
although	O
Richard	O
Skrenta	O
has	O
said	O
in	O
June	O
1998	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
considering	O
licensing	O
it	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
criticism	O
from	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
GNU	B-Application
project	I-Application
,	O
many	O
of	O
whom	O
also	O
criticized	O
the	O
DMOZ	B-Application
content	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
some	O
efforts	O
to	O
provide	O
alternatives	O
to	O
DMOZ	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
alternatives	O
would	O
allow	O
communities	O
of	O
like-minded	O
editors	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
maintain	O
their	O
own	O
open	O
source/open	O
content	O
Web	B-Application
directories	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chef	O
Moz	O
,	O
an	O
offshoot	O
of	O
DMOZ	B-Application
,	O
was	O
an	O
open	O
content	O
directory	B-Application
of	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
links	O
of	O
restaurants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
was	O
constructed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
a	O
community	B-Architecture
of	O
volunteer	O
editors	O
,	O
and	O
owned	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chef	O
Moz	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
its	O
parent	O
DMOZ	B-Application
,	O
used	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
ontology	O
scheme	O
for	O
organizing	O
site	O
listings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
DMOZ	B-Application
administrator	O
"	O
lisagirl	O
"	O
confirmed	O
that	O
Chef	O
Moz	O
was	O
dead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
beginning	O
in	O
2000	O
to	O
November	O
2009	O
(	O
when	O
it	O
became	O
impossible	O
for	O
editors	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
the	O
site	O
)	O
,	O
ChefMoz	O
had	O
grown	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
largest	O
global	O
directory	B-Application
of	O
restaurants	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
