On 3/28/07 12:25 AM, "Thomas Breuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We're currently developing a new open source OCR system, with a focus on > digital library applications (www.ocropus.org). As part of this, we needed > formats for representing both OCR output and bibliographic metadata, and we > have defined two new microformats for this purpose: hOCR and hBIB. <snip> Thomas, First of all, welcome, and you have found the right mailing-list to discuss new microformats. Second, that is great news to hear that you are working on an *open source* OCR system. Third, the path to defining a new microformat is through the microformats process: http://microformats.org/wiki/process The goals of the process are to ensure that the microformats defined follow the microformats principles. Among those is to reuse existing work, and thus minimize reinvention. In particular, as far as hBIB, note that the microformats community has done a significant amount of research and work developing a citation microformat. Start with reading these: http://microformats.org/wiki/citation http://microformats.org/wiki/citation-examples http://microformats.org/wiki/citation-formats http://microformats.org/wiki/citation-brainstorming Finally, I strongly encourage you to both read those pages, and ask any questions you have about the process or the citation microformat to date here on the list. I sincerely hope you join the effort to develop a citation microformat and help with your contributions and experience. Thanks and welcome, Tantek _______________________________________________ microformats-new mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-new
