Branko Collin wrote:
Currently the scans are available on a per-project basis as separate files or ZIP archives. (YMMV depending on where a project is in the DP workflow.) Once projects have run through DP and been posted at PG, I believe the site administrators archive them off-site to preserve disk space, but I am afraid I am totally not clear on this.
Page scans for any project that is in progress are available on the DP site. Whether or not you can access them depends on the job that you are doing at DP. We make them available where they are needed in the work flow. Once a project has posted to PG, the scans are archived onto a different server to make space on our production server. The archived scans include what was used for proofing as well as anything else that the content provider uploaded (illustration files, etc). We do intend to make these scans available, but our development priority is getting the DP workflow process finished first. We have made a huge step forward recently, but there are several more large pieces that still have to be implemented. Aside from not having the development resources to set up some kind of system for accessing and using the scans, we also have not yet found someone who will wade through all the archived material to sort it out so that it can actually be used. There are lots of seemingly minor details that have to be taken care of, ranging from figuring out which DP projects go with which PG texts (often not a 1-1 relationship there) to what happened to missing pages from various projects. Sometimes the pages are there, but with odd names, often they are just missing. And there is no standard for how illustration files are named. Some external sources of images have requested that we refer people back to them for the original page scans. We have to sort out and mark those projects. All in all, although it sounds like it should be easy, it isn't. It will take a volunteer with motivation and presistance to make this happen. Making page images available both to the general public and for checking on reported errata will happen eventually. We are not erasing or losing any of the basic material. But I'm sure it won't happen nearly as quickly as Jon Noring would like. ;-) JulietS DP site admin