ChefMoz
Encyclopedia
Chef Moz, an offshoot of the Open Directory Project
(ODP), was an open content
directory
of World Wide Web
links of restaurants. The website was constructed and maintained by a community
of volunteer editors, and owned by Netscape
.
Chef Moz, similar to its parent ODP
, used a hierarchical ontology
scheme for organizing site listings. Listings on a similar topic were grouped into categories, which can then include smaller categories.
On 17 February 2011, DMOZ administrator "lisagirl" confirmed that Chef Moz was dead.
Open Directory Project
The Open Directory Project , also known as Dmoz , is a multilingual open content directory of World Wide Web links. It is owned by Netscape but it is constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors.ODP uses a hierarchical ontology scheme for organizing site listings...
(ODP), was an open content
Open content
Open content or OpenContent is a neologism coined by David Wiley in 1998 which describes a creative work that others can copy or modify. The term evokes open source, which is a related concept in software....
directory
Web directory
A web directory or link directory is a directory on the World Wide Web. It specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links....
of World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
links of restaurants. The website was constructed and maintained by a community
Virtual community
A virtual community is a social network of individuals who interact through specific media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals...
of volunteer editors, and owned by Netscape
Netscape
Netscape Communications is a US computer services company, best known for Netscape Navigator, its web browser. When it was an independent company, its headquarters were in Mountain View, California...
.
Chef Moz, similar to its parent ODP
Open Directory Project
The Open Directory Project , also known as Dmoz , is a multilingual open content directory of World Wide Web links. It is owned by Netscape but it is constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors.ODP uses a hierarchical ontology scheme for organizing site listings...
, used a hierarchical ontology
Ontology (computer science)
In computer science and information science, an ontology formally represents knowledge as a set of concepts within a domain, and the relationships between those concepts. It can be used to reason about the entities within that domain and may be used to describe the domain.In theory, an ontology is...
scheme for organizing site listings. Listings on a similar topic were grouped into categories, which can then include smaller categories.
On 17 February 2011, DMOZ administrator "lisagirl" confirmed that Chef Moz was dead.
Growth
From its beginning in 2000 to November of 2009 (when it became impossible for editors to log into the site), ChefMoz had grown to become the largest global directory of restaurants on the internet. The total number of restaurants indexed since 2000 is recorded in the following table:| YEAR | Number of Restaurants |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 48000 |
| 2001 | 75000 |
| 2002 | 179000 |
| 2003 | 208000 |
| 2004 | 258000 |
| 2005 | 266000 |
| 2006 | 275000 |
| 2007 | 315000 |
| 2008 | 325000 |