Greg Weeks wrote:
Jon Noring wrote:
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.)
DP doesn't have to release the scans. I'm not jumping into the argument, but I have scans for all of the books that I have sent throgh DP if someone else wants to play with them. I even have scans for two that didn't go through DP.
http://durendal.org:8080/books.html
If anyone want to play with them, let me know which books and I'll tar the set up and give you the URL.
Great! Of course, a lot of the scans submitted to DP will have to come from DP. There is also the DP database, and the desire that the scans not be "unlinked" from the database and its metadata. I urge that if scans are donated to PG, that they only be done as part of prototype development and testing, rather than the real thing, until DP is able to devote resources to assist with making its scans public. It is important that hatever system is put in place on the PG end readily adapts to DP's system, otherwise more unnecessary work may result for both PG and DP. Jon