Sorry, Sam, the other thing I meant to say was: that's a brilliant idea!
:-) I'd love to help make it happen, if I can be of any use. :)

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017, at 08:51 PM, Sam Wilson wrote:
> It's slightly tricky at the moment to extract data for validated
> works, for one because we don't have solid data linking Index pages to
> their corresponding main namespace (i.e. "work") pages. The Index
> pages have the status, but the mainspace pages are what we think of as
> the work. There's P1957 now, which is the connextion we need, but the
> data for that isn't complete.> 
> We've also got (incomplete) support for OPDS in the wsexport tool,
> which I think is probably a brilliant way forward for sharing the
> Wikisource catalogue with other systems. Once we have better
> structural support in Wikisource itself (e.g. structured data for
> querying validation status) then we'll much more efficiently and
> easily be able to produce all sorts of output for sharing.> 
> 
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017, at 08:37 PM, Sam Walton wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I work on the Wikipedia Library program, and wanted to jump in with a
>> passing thought I'd had about Wikisource and TWL. We'll be building
>> search and discovery tools into the library card platform
>> (https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/) that's currently under
>> ongoing development. They'll index all the usually-paywalled
>> resources we have access to, but also open access content. As part of
>> that process it's a desire of mine to index completed Wikisource
>> works, though I haven't given it much thought beyond 'that would be
>> nice'. This might be able to function as a kind of centralised search
>> for all completed Wikisource works, if implemented.>> 
>> If you're interested, the relevant Phab task is
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169875, where your thoughts are
>> very welcome. It won't be worked on for a while and I can't guarantee
>> that it will definitely happen, but if it's something the Wikisource
>> community would benefit from, then that would absolutely increase the
>> likelihood we'll work on it.>> 
>> Best,
>> Sam
>> 
>> On 12 October 2017 at 13:07, Federico Leva (Nemo)
>> <[email protected]> wrote:>>> Gerard Meijssen, 12/10/2017 15:04:
>>>> Given the discussion about finished books on the Korean Wikisource,
>>>> I this demonstrates that we really need to advertise the finished
>>>> books to a reading public.>>>
>>> In Italy, after many years of talk with local libraries, the
>>> Wikisource books are included in the catalogs of many libraries
>>> (also via a local ebook provider, MLOL, who hired some wikimedians
>>> to work on the "open collection", big kudos to them).>>> 
>>> Nemo
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