If you are interested in working with PDFs, study this blog :-) http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/
(these fellows are open access activist, btw) Aubrey On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:04 PM, David Cuenca <[email protected]> wrote: > It is not a trivial matter. The best bet would be to take an existing pdf > import tool for a word processor, and try to write a similar tool for > wikitext. > > There is the Oracle PDF Import Extension for Open Office, the code can be > browsed, maybe it can give you some ideas > http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/pdfimport > > Micru > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Alex Brollo <[email protected]>wrote: > >> When we tried to convert into wiki code (a needed step to add links and >> to convert files into a "wiki hypertext") a pdf file, that's a opaque, >> closed format, such a work turned off in a nightmare. If we simply load >> free pdf books "as they are", I don't see any advantage, but "feed >> wikisource numbers/statistics" nd this in presently far from my personal >> interest. >> >> As you guess, I'm one of users who don't support Aubrey's enthusiasm >> about texts born digital, even if free. :-) >> >> Alex >> >> >> 2013/6/12 David Cuenca <[email protected]> >> >>> Nobody is saying anything about using copyrighted works, there are many >>> books that have an open license that would allow to include them in >>> Wikisource. >>> >>> For instance in ca-ws we have this translation from 2009: >>> >>> http://ca.wikisource.org/wiki/Llibre:El_secret_de_l%E2%80%99or_que_creix_%282009%29.djvu >>> >>> The original is in the PD, and the translator gave away his rights. It >>> would have been much easier to work directly with the pdf, instead of >>> converting to djvu. >>> >>> Micru >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Aarti K. Dwivedi < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> If I am not wrong, as of today, most books that were born digital, are >>>> still under copyright. Of course, they are available freely on the >>>> internet. But we can't use the pirated copies. How would we go about >>>> the procurement of these books? >>>> If we procure these copyrighted books, then the only we would have to >>>> do is to check for proper formatting. Isn't it? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Lars Aronsson <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 06/12/2013 02:48 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> We could define some tasks as >>>>>> * corrected the page >>>>>> * OPTIONAL added optional templates/links/annotations >>>>>> *... >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Geotagged all the photos, ... >>>>> >>>>> The list doesn't end. You need a generic mechanism >>>>> for any new feature you can invent. But aren't our >>>>> existing templates and categories the best way to >>>>> do this? You could just add to each page: >>>>> {{done|proofread=user1|**validated=user2|geotagged=**user4|...}} >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Lars Aronsson ([email protected]) >>>>> Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature - http://runeberg.org/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected].**org <[email protected]> >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Aarti K. Dwivedi >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Etiamsi omnes, ego non >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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