Factoids

This is intended as a collection of utilities relating to Web-based fact checking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid

In scope:

• parsers, adaptors and scrapers for data sources; eg. snopes, politifact, debategraph, ...
• glue to link to related info; eg. dbpedia, freebase, nndb, bbc news, journalisted
• ui code, eg. so people posting comments are suggested relevant links to read before posting
• other trust datasources, eg. advogato
• see gerald's big list http://impressive.net/people/gerald/2005/08/reputation.html
• account-oriented facts - http://lists.foaf-project.org/pipermail/foaf-protocols/2010-August/003449.html