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*Which format has the best metadata support? (Mike DeVine) | *Which format has the best metadata support? (Mike DeVine) | ||
*What's the usability look like for this side? Would it make sense to look into implementing a simple GUI, or does what's there already do the job well enough? (Mike DeVine) | *What's the usability look like for this side? Would it make sense to look into implementing a simple GUI, or does what's there already do the job well enough? (Mike DeVine) | ||
*What's the likelihood of linking to existing online e-book archives? Can this be done seamlessly, or does there need to be a separate method of accessing these archives? (Mike DeVine) | === Integration with existing resources === | ||
*'''What's the likelihood of linking to existing online e-book archives?''' Can this be done seamlessly, or does there need to be a separate method of accessing these archives? (Mike DeVine) | |||
**This is a big deal, IMO. Grabbing books from anywhere (Gutenberg, Google) and having it be transparent to the user is a "holy grail" we should shoot for. As I understand it, there's two parts to this puzzle: retrieving the content from different places, which are bound to have different interfaces, and then loading and/or converting whatever format it's kept in. [[User:Cheezmeister|Cheezmeister]] 18:46, 22 January 2010 (UTC) | |||