[tei-council] NASA looking to digitize Wernher von Braun's Notes
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
daniel.odonnell at gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 18:31:20 EDT 2009
I've written up a bunch of questions for their point people--e.g. how
big is the collection? what level of detail are you interested in
regarding hands or corrections, etc.
The RFI was very bare bones.
-dan
Gabriel BODARD wrote:
> 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/)
>>>>>> Founding Director (2003-2009), Digital Medievalist Project
>>>>>> (http://www.digitalmedievalist.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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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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