Ray Saintonge wrote:
Another approach to proofreading is to have it done
independently from
the beginning by two different people and using a file compare
function to compare the results. The benefit here is that it reduces
the possibility that one person might be influenced by another's errors.
Double-key entry works very well for typed material because the errors
made by typists are random. The biggest problem with proofreading OCRed
material isn't the errors introduced, but the errors already in the text
that are missed ("he" instead of "be"; "arid" instead of
"and"; etc.).
Because of this, it makes the most sense to have the proofreading rounds
build on the work of the previous round.
I looked at the volume 1 material, notably at
"Algae", but the
illustrations are not there. How does PG plan to deal with
illustrations?
How searchable is the PG version? Would I be able to easily find an
article without downloading the whole volume? The Algae article
includes a "q.v." to "Bryophyta". Does PG anticipate that I* would
be
able to follow that link with a simple click of the mouse?
Volume 1 was not done by DP. The HTML version of Volume 2,
<http://snowy.arsc.alaska.edu/gutenberg/1/3/6/0/13600/13600-h/13600-h.htm>
is a better model for how the rest of the EB will be done. Illustrations
are included, but linking q.v.'s won't be feasible until the entire
encyclopedia is finished. Luckily, thanks to the wonders of modern
technology, it's fairly easy to jump to the entry you want :)
Michael