Hi,
There's a large amoung of DEC material on bitsavers alone that isn't
indexed into manx.
I'm looking for a volunteer who would be willing to get this
information entered into manx.
Before you roll your eyes thinking how much work it would be, I've
mostly automated the process because the URL structure on bitsavers
incorporates most of the metadata that manx wants:
- company
- publication date
- publication title
- part number
I've also automated the process of even entering/pasting the bitsavers
URl from which to extract this information by scraping up the
Whatsnew.txt file from bitsavers and building a list of documents not
yet known to manx.
So while the process does take some manual effort, it is mostly
checking over the data extracted by the URL wizard.
Information can also be entered from other sources, but I don't have
as much automation worked out for those sites.
If you've been monitoring the RSS feed of new documents on manx, you
may have noticed that the documents added are focused on terminals and
graphics. That is because those are the documents that most interest
me. Given the large quantity of DEC documentation not yet recorded in
manx, several people could easily work on adding it focusing on their
area of interest/expertise, as I have done with terminals and
graphics.
If you're interested in helping out, please email me off list.
Thanks!
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