The correct URL is https://github.com/petermr/openVirus - it is github.com, not .org
Karl Heinz Kremer PDF Acrobatics Without a Net PDF Software Development, Training and More... http://www.khkonsulting.com > On Mar 26, 2020, at 6:15 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > > One of the tools in tackling epidemics is to collect, clean and analyze the > science. I have set up a site https://github.org/petermr/openVirus to > download scientific papers and convert them to semantic, queryable form. > There can be many thousands of papers on topics such as ventilators, or > epidemics and schools, as well as genomes and chemistry. Many of us > believe these could hold information useful to current and future COVID-19 > strategies (e.g. the Liberian Ebola outbreak was actually predicted in a > paper). > Most papers are exposed as PDF which means it's hard for machines to read > them reliably. PDFBox is an essential tool in my workflow. Work on parsing > PDF is never complete, so any volunteers work be welcome (mail me NOT this > list). (I do diagrams as well as text). > > And sincere thanks to the small team that keep PDFBox going. Simply seeing > the daily stream of factual issues is an encouragement to all of us. > > P. > > -- > "I always retain copyright in my papers, and nothing in any contract I sign > with any publisher will override that fact. You should do the same". > > Peter Murray-Rust > Reader Emeritus in Molecular Informatics > Unilever Centre, Dept. Of Chemistry > University of Cambridge > CB2 1EW, UK > +44-1223-763069
