[tei-council] NASA looking to digitize Wernher von Braun's Notes
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
daniel.odonnell at gmail.com
Tue Jul 21 15:15:19 EDT 2009
Hi Dot,
I have been moving on it, but to be honest, NASA don't seem that
interested. Emailing council this week to recommend dropping it was on
my to-do list.
I've sent two emails to the contact addresses asking for basic
information--e.g. the size of the collection and any models they have. I
haven't had a response. I was debating calling them but hadn't really
decided yet.
I could give them a go by phone tomorrow morning, I suppose. in the
absence of that, we could write something fairly generic, I suppose.
Dot Porter wrote:
> Out of curiosity, is anyone moving forward on this effort? If so,
> could the council have a report? Responses are due August 31.
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/363386main_von_Braun_notes_RFI.pdf
>
> Dot
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Daniel Paul
> O'Donnell<daniel.odonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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/)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Vox: +1 403 329-2377
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>>>>>>>>
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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/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
>> --
>> 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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