Data sources
Sortir au Mans gathers public information. This page tells you where it comes from and under what terms it is reused. When a listing comes from a specific source, it also says so directly at the bottom of the listing.
DATAtourisme
Part of the events calendar is built from DATAtourisme, the national open tourism data platform run by the French ministry in charge of tourism. This data is produced by tourist offices and released under the Licence Ouverte 2.0. Each listing from this source links back to its original entry on DATAtourisme.
Open Data Région Pays de la Loire (e-SPRIT)
We also check, every week, the dataset “Fêtes et manifestations en Pays de la Loire” on the Région Pays de la Loire Open Data platform. It is provided by e-SPRIT, the regional tourism information network where tourist offices and organizers enter their events, and released under the ODbL license. We use it to spot events that are still missing from the calendar; the listing is then written from the organizer's own page, which it links to.
OpenStreetMap
The base maps and some of the venue coordinates rely on OpenStreetMap, the free map built by its community. The restaurants directory comes entirely from it: name, cuisine, address, hours and accessibility come from its contributors, and that is where to fix a mistake. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the ODbL license.
Wikimedia Commons
Some of the photos that illustrate venues come from Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons licenses (CC BY, CC BY-SA) or in the public domain. The author's credit is then shown on the page of the venue concerned, as these licenses require.
The small photos that illustrate a discipline in the class listings (judo, taiso…) also come from Wikimedia Commons. They show the discipline, not the club:
- judo — Photo : Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- jujitsu — Photo : U.S. Army 105th MPAD, Pfc. Ashunteia Smith, domaine public, via Wikimedia Commons
- self-defense — Photo : Sgt. Jonathan Thibault, domaine public, via Wikimedia Commons
- taiso — Photo : Tyler Read, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- aviron — Photo : John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- avifit — Photo : Airman 1st Class Erin Currie, domaine public, via Wikimedia Commons
- athletisme-jeunes — Photo : 褒忠國中 雲端網, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- athletisme — Photo : Peterwchen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- running — Photo : Czech Wikipedia user Packa, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- country — Photo : Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- marche-nordique — Photo : Vijay.shivu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Organizers and venues
Most events come directly from the public pages of their organizers and of the halls and venues that host them (official websites, ticketing sites, online programs). Each listing links to the original page, which is the authoritative source; posters are reproduced for information and promotion.
The photos of associations and clubs, and those of some venues, are the cover image the organization publishes itself on its own website. Their origin (site name and address) is shown under the photo. An organization that prefers a different image, or none, can let us know through the "Submit an event" form.
Contributions from the public
Finally, part of the content is submitted directly by locals, associations and venues through the Submit an event form. Every submission is reviewed before it is published.
What about the code?
The open-source software the site runs on is listed separately, on the Open-source software page.