Definitely it is. It would be interesting to keep an eye on the project and see how it develops.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe this is of interest? > > Aubrey > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Seth Woodworth <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 8:09 PM > Subject: [open-humanities] Forking Project Gutenberg to Github > To: A list for people interested in the use of open source tools and open > access in humanities teaching and research <[email protected]>, > okfn-labs <[email protected]> > > > Hello Humanities! > > I've been working on a project called GITenberg > <http://gitenberg.github.io>. > > The aim is to move Project Gutenberg's books to github. > > As you probably know, Project Gutenberg (PG) is an amazing organization > that has been digitizing public domain books since the 1970s. They have > around 45,000 books. > > But PG is hesitant to upgrade their tools, and have limited resources to > work on new projects. But there are issues with the current collection. > There are some remaining typos and transcription errors. And many books > are using old encoding formats (PG predates unicode). > > I want to help with that, and along the way, produce something that more > developers, OKFN hackers, digital humanists and other groups can readily > build upon. > > Enter GITenberg. > > GITenberg uses git and github to keep track of books. This adds a number > of features right out of the gate, including: > + version control via git > + public bug tracking (PG uses a private RT instance to track reported > issues) > + public collaboration (pull requests under public review) > > PG's metadata is provided in RDF/XML, in a 230mb zip file. While this is > a wonderful resource, RDF isn't the easiest format for most developers to > pick up and use. In fact, the .zip file has so many top-level folders, it > can't be completely unpacked on some filesystems (ext3). > > I've created repos and included the book source files (often including > images!) for 43,000 of PG's books and put them on github. > > There is a lot yet that I hope to do, but I would love to get OKFN's > feedback, requests, or assistance! > > Uploading script <https://github.com/sethwoodworth/GITenberg> > Mailing list <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gitenberg-project> > > All the best, > Seth > > _______________________________________________ > open-humanities mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-humanities > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-humanities > > > > > -- > http://aubreymcfato.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > > -- Etiamsi omnes, ego non
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