[tei-council] NASA looking to digitize Wernher von Braun's Notes

[Gabriel BODARD]

I don't have a whole lot of time for this right now but I'm happy to 
help out with drafting and/or proofing. I note that I'm more a 
text-transcription than facsimile person, however. (I like that module, 
but I've never used it.)

G

Daniel Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> If this works for everybody. There could be some external people as 
> well. Because of time-lines, we should play as much as possible to 
> everybody's strengths and current work.
> 
> I am willing to pull it together, though I'd appreciate some assistance.
> 
> Perhaps the thing for me (or perhaps better a couple of us) to do is 
> read through the RFI in detail tonight and propose an approach and break 
> down of the sections (Sebastian, would you be interested given Oxford's 
> interest in participating in any eventual bid as an institution?). Then 
> we solicit these from one or more council members each and perhaps also 
> external experts and/or members, where they have particular 
> expertise--e.g. in mass digitization work-flows, markup of modern 
> manuscript texts, facsimile and text linking, etc.
> 
> I think it sounds like a cool idea. We certainly have access to all the 
> expertise from intellectual content to workflow.
> 
> 
> Laurent Romary wrote:
>> I anticipate you compile the thing. We need volunter on:
>> - XML/TEI (Oxford?, by cpying and pasting from the ISO stuff)
>> - Some generic words on textual transcription (David, Peter, ?)
>> - A little thingy on fac similes (Gaby)
>> Since ot initiated the hint, she could volunteer for some proofreading.
>> Action?
>> Laurent
>>
>>
>> Le 1 juil. 09 à 21:39, Daniel Paul O'Donnell a écrit :
>>
>>> Well, as I look at the RFI, I can see that we could distribute it. 
>>> There is a general section to be written on XML and TEI, something to 
>>> be written on facsimiles and on textual transcription within the TEI, 
>>> something on use cases, and then something on digitization.
>>>
>>> Laurent Romary wrote:
>>>> That's a very good summary of a feasible strategy. Who would 
>>>> volunteer to take the lead on this (from council or board)?
>>>> Laurent
>>>>
>>>> Le 30 juin 09 à 23:07, Daniel Paul O'Donnell a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> So, shall we propose a TEI answer to the RFI, which helps us position
>>>>> ourselves as an organisation, perhaps in cooperation with some members
>>>>> who would be interested in proposing a bid in response to and RFP 
>>>>> should
>>>>> things get that far?
>>>>>
>>>>> We'd need to run this by the Board if it is to be a TEI answer to the
>>>>> RFI, and I'd say we might want to put out a call for interested 
>>>>> parties
>>>>> to work with us and, if it gets that far, submit any actual bids. 
>>>>> But I
>>>>> think that might be a very good approach: the TEI as a semi-standards
>>>>> organisation is in a good position to give relatively distinterested
>>>>> answers to the RFI; and by associating with the TEI on the RFI, 
>>>>> members
>>>>> who might be interested in submitting a bid help profile themselves
>>>>> early in the process.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do others think?
>>>>>
>>>>> -dan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David Sewell wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> certainly I think Oxford would be interested in joining a tender
>>>>>>> if we get that far. I wonder if NASA would allow non-US offers?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Considering the background of Wernher von Braun, it would be 
>>>>>> intensely
>>>>>> ironic if they did not...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Daniel Paul O'Donnell
>>>>> Associate Professor of English
>>>>> University of Lethbridge
>>>>>
>>>>> Chair and CEO, Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org/)
>>>>> Co-Chair, Digital Initiatives Advisory Board, Medieval Academy of 
>>>>> America
>>>>> President-elect (English), Society for Digital Humanities/Société 
>>>>> pour l'étude des médias interactifs (http://sdh-semi.org/)
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>>> Daniel Paul O'Donnell
>>> Associate Professor of English
>>> University of Lethbridge
>>>
>>> Chair and CEO, Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org/)
>>> Co-Chair, Digital Initiatives Advisory Board, Medieval Academy of 
>>> America
>>> President-elect (English), Society for Digital Humanities/Société 
>>> pour l'étude des médias interactifs (http://sdh-semi.org/)
>>> Founding Director (2003-2009), Digital Medievalist Project 
>>> (http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/)
>>>
>>> Vox: +1 403 329-2377
>>> Fax: +1 403 382-7191 (non-confidental)
>>> Home Page: http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/
>>>
>>>
> 

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