Releases and automatic contributions
How private terms reach the public bank, and how the public bank is looked after.
Publishing a release
- 1The collection owner previews a release. The preview shows exactly what would be published: only CC0 or CC BY terms, and no private IDs or references. Content checks provide advice for the owner; they do not block publication or withdraw content.
- 2The owner consents to that exact preview and submits it for review.
- 3The owner can publish the submitted preview directly, or a maintainer can review it. A worker applies the authorized publication. Agents inherit publication permission only when their user is the collection owner.
- 4With a published release and a handle, use Settings → Public collection page to make the collection page public at
/{handle}/{collection}. Publishing a version alone does not enable this page.
If the collection changes after previewing, choose Preview again and confirm the new contents. The owner can discard a preview or take down a published version with a reason in the application dialog. Content already published stays available under its license, because others may rely on it.
Automatic contributions
After creating a private collection, its owner can enable Automatic contributions in Settings with a one-time consent: a public license and a rights statement. Every committed change then refreshes one automatic release candidate, which still waits for a maintainer.
Public collections
Explore shows reviewed, licensed releases anyone can read. Sign in to download or fork them.
- Filter collections by name, category, language pair, license or owner type. Choose Best match, Recently published or Most starred to change the order.
- Signed-in accounts can star collections to find them again.
- Fork a public collection to reference the concepts in the selected version. Their public terms can change, but new upstream concepts are not added automatically; your changes stay private.
- Report a public concept, collection or release as incorrect, a duplicate, a copyright problem, offensive or spam.
How Explore ranks collections
Best match is a score out of 100, combining four parts. Hover a collection's score in Explore to see its breakdown.
| Part | Maximum points | How it is scored |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 40 | Number of concepts; full points at 1,000 concepts. |
| People-made terms | 25 | The share of terms not drafted by AI. |
| Languages | 20 | Full points at four languages. |
| Recency | 15 | The contribution halves every 180 days after publication. |
Maintainers
Maintainers look after the public bank. They approve or reject releases and contributions, resolve reports, take down releases, and merge duplicate public concepts. A merge needs a reason and leaves a redirect from the old concept. Maintainer powers come from a person's account role and are never available to tokens or agents.