[PGCanada] Visions for Project Gutenberg of Canada

[Andrew Sly]

Before returning to the details of what there is to be done
in the short term, here's somthing of an overall view.

Here is a list of visions of hopes for what PG Canada could
be, as gathered from the volunteers working to bring it together,
restated in my own words. Suggestions and corrections are
welcome.

Everyone involved is bringing his own ideas to the process,
and so far, I believe these are not incompatible.

We hope Project Gutenberg of Canada will be:

--A repository for a wide range of Canadian literature and
history texts, in multiple languages, as well as texts
from many other parts of the world.

--A fully integrated system for the production, storage,
automatic conversion, and distribution of ebooks, utilizing xml.
(Including machine translation to other languages and audio
books.)

--A living proof of the value of a vibrant public domain in Canada,
that could be used as an example to argue against a possible
term extension of copyright.

--A project that will attract many volunteers, including a Canadian
Distributed Proofing site, that will ensure it keeps growing.

--An entity that will build alliances with other institutions
and projects across the country that are interested in digitizing
items in the Canadian public domain.