Taiwan.md is an open knowledge base website founded on 17 March 2026 by new media artist Wu Che Yu (吳哲宇). The site's contents cover subjects about Taiwan, including its culture, history, and technology. Taiwan.md is published as free content and welcomes community contributions via GitHub.
 Taiwan.md home page in June 2026 | |
Type of site | knowledge base |
|---|---|
| Available in | Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish |
| Founded | March 17, 2026 |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Founder | Wu Che Yu |
| URL | taiwan |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No |
Content license | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Website content
editInspired by single source of truth (SSOT) in information technology, Taiwan.md aims to integrate various sources in Taiwan, such as government data, media coverage, and local voices, to create a "single source of truth of Taiwan".[1][2] Drafts were generated by AI agents and reviewed by the community before being published. Its contents are published in Markdown format. According to the project, Markdown was chosen so that the site's contents can be easily read by humans and large language models (LLMs).[3][4] It also emphasises search engine optimization.[5] Taiwan.md is run on GitHub, and all content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.[4][1]
Taiwan.md covers a range of topics about Taiwan, including its culture, history, food, people, nature, technology, and economy. As of March 2026[update], there are 660 articles on the website, with the "people" category being the largest.[2][6] It also covers aspects of daily life in Taiwan, such as breakfast restaurants and convenience stores.[6] At first, the website is available in traditional Chinese and English to ensure foreign readers can easily access its content. It also provides an interactive knowledge graph to visualise the relationships between subjects.[6] According to its founder, the website aims to build structured information with diverse perspectives, rather than serving as a travel guide or political propaganda.[2][3][5]
History
editTaiwan.md was founded by Wu Che Yu, a new media artist, inspired by his personal experiences abroad. During a trip to the Venice Biennale, Wu was asked by an Italian curator where they could learn about Taiwan—a question he had encountered repeatedly at various international venues, including Art Basel Miami and the Cent Quatre.[5][4]
Through his research, Wu concluded that information about Taiwan exists, but is scattered across disparate sources without proper collation or narration, which led him to launch the project.[4][1] On 17 March 2026, Wu registered the domain "taiwan.md" and built an initial structure using AI agents within 24 hours. While .md is the Internet country code top-level domain for Moldova, it is also the file extension for Markdown, a markup language widely used by developers.[3][5]
Reception
editTaiwan.md quickly gained attention within the country. Inside, a Taiwanese technology magazine, described the website as an "open-source experiment in national narrative" (開源的國家敘事實驗) and the README of Taiwan.[1] FTNN reported that the site received traffic from numerous countries shortly after its launch.[3]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 Sherlock (2026-03-18). "把台灣開源！taiwan.md：AI 回答的時代，讓國家用 README 的方式介紹自己" [Open Sourced Taiwan! Taiwan.md: Introduce Taiwan in README in the era of AI answering] (in Chinese). Inside 硬塞的網路趨勢觀察. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- 1 2 3 編輯中心 (2026-03-19). "Taiwan.md知識庫讓世界認識台灣 從半導體產業到早餐店阿姨都收錄" [From Semiconductors to Aunties in Breakfast Restaurants: Taiwan.md aims to let the world familiarise Taiwan by their knowleage base] (in Chinese). 鉅聞天下. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- 1 2 3 4 蔡曉容 (2026-03-22). "把台灣開源！新媒體藝術家推taiwan.md 讓世界讀懂台灣" [Open Sourced Taiwan! A New Media Artist Introduces Taiwan to The World by Taiwan.md] (in Chinese). FTNN新聞網. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- 1 2 3 4 Neo (2026-03-18). "怎麼向外國人介紹台灣？人人都能在 Taiwan.md 把「日常的不可思議」寫給世界看" [How to introduce Taiwan to foreigners? Everyone Can Write Unbelievable Stories on Taiwan.md] (in Chinese). 鏈新聞. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- 1 2 3 4 吳哲宇 (2026-03-19). "策展島嶼的深度敘事" [Let's curate the island by our depth narration] (in Chinese). 上報. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- 1 2 3 林傑立、林廷軍 (2026-03-19). "從台積電到早餐店阿姨 Taiwan.md知識庫AI時代下說台灣故事" [From TSMC to Aunties in Breakfast Restaurants: Taiwan.md tells the story of Taiwan in the era of AI] (in Chinese). 中央通訊社. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
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