On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:24:47 -0600, Jon Noring <jon@noring.name> wrote: | Greg wrote: | | > If there are some sample project pages mentioned earlier in the | > discussion, I apologize for missing them. What I've seen is some | > thoughtful and reasonable proposals, and a few that don't seem quite so | > viable... what's next is *not* executive decision based on the | > proposals. Instead, actual eBooks implementing the proposals are | > needed. | | The current bottleneck is with DP, since they hold the lion's share of | the page scans, but from what I understand cannot release them at this | time (for a couple of reasons, most notably that they are up to their | eyeballs with other more pressing issues.) | | I think it would be unwise to implement a final system until DP's scans | can be released for linking to PG texts. Of course, in the meanwhile | some experimentation can be done -- maybe DP will release a few random | scan sets to better understand the issues (such as needed volunteer | help) that need to be resolved in adapting DP's scans for linkage to | PG texts (and for linking to page scans, whether standalone or within | an encapsulation format such as DjVu.) My scans are sitting somewhere in backup, as no doubt are many peoples scans. When a system is working, just ask. -- Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> In Case of Emergency Store the word "ICE" in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency". http://tinyurl.com/79lz9