On 03/14/2013 05:10 AM, David Cuenca wrote:
> Some more clarifications adding up to what Tom said:
> - Software: I suggest taking a look to the combination of Mediawiki + 
> Extension:Wikibase [1], which is the one used in the Wikidata project 
> [2]. Said extension allows to use a wiki as a structured data 
> repository, which, I think, it should be one of the main aims here. 
> Wikidata is going to 

Before discussing a new tool, what are we trying to achieve?
Anyone can install the Mediawiki software, with or without
some extensions, and try new ideas on a small scale, but
what are those ideas that you want to try?

We have now the Internet Archive that scans books on a
large scale, and also imports scanned books from Google.
We have Project Gutenberg, Project Runeberg, and
Wikisource for proofreading the OCR text of those books.
We have Wikipedia in many languages for providing
background facts about authors, works, and genres.

What else is needed, and what role does OpenLibrary
play? When we know this, I think we can find the
right tool for the task.


-- 
   Lars Aronsson ([email protected])
   Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature - http://runeberg.org/


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