Re: [gutvol-d] A layman's critique of PGTEI

I used the online converter. I'm baby-stepping my way into this. Marcello's converter was the easiest starting point for me. I didn't check into any closer, but it looks like there is a link to a .zip file containing Marcello's XSLT stylesheets. Any I don't think we all reinventing the wheel... Other than Marcello's stuff, I don't see ANY body's wheel out there. I'm working with what I have available. I figure if a TEI newb like me can get something working reliably, we're getting somewhere. Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "David A. Desrosiers" <hacker@gnu-designs.com> To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] A layman's critique of PGTEI Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:04:10 -0400 (EDT)
First of all, please take this as it is intended, namely my experiences while attempting to convert a short and sweet text to the PGTEI format found here (http://www.gutenberg.org/tei/). It is my hope that this will lead to some improvements in the process.
I went through every link there, and could not find a reference to download any sort of tool or set of tools that purports to convert the TEI format to other formats. Where did you find the converter to use locally?
The docs link to an "online" converter, which no longer exists at that link, apparently. This one is dead:
http://www.gutenberg.net/testing/gnutenberg/tei-online.php
This one (linked from the front page) is not:
http://www.gutenberg.org/tei/services/tei-online
I don't see where the code to this online converter, or any converter that works with TEI for that matter, is documented, referenced, or linked to. Did I miss the link on one of the other pages? It looks like we're all back to square one... reinventing all of our own wheels from scratch.
David A. Desrosiers desrod@gnu-designs.com http://gnu-designs.com _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d

Any I don't think we all reinventing the wheel... Other than Marcello's stuff, I don't see ANY body's wheel out there. I'm working with what I have available.
You've nailed the problem dead-on. Nobody is providing any tools or converters for this, and hence, everyone is forced to reinvent their own version of the wheel. And because they had to do it themselves, they don't care to release it (or are embarrassed because of the quality of their own code), compounding the problem for everyone else. There is a real, documented, psychology behind this, and I think this stumbling block is really causing a lot of fracturing amongst the rest of the potential contributors out there, myself included. David A. Desrosiers desrod@gnu-designs.com http://gnu-designs.com
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