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

Tue Jul 28 23:59:22 EDT 2009

Hi Dan,
I am back from two weeks unplugged and trying to take up things...
There may be a specific reason for their not responding to emails,  
independantly of their interest for what we have to offer. I do think  
a call would be a good way to have a feeling of what they actually  
expect.
Have a try!
Laurent

Le 21 juil. 09 à 21:15, Daniel Paul O'Donnell a écrit :

> 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
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> Academy of
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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/)
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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/ 
>>> )
>>>
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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/ 
> )
>
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