Lenin Internet Archive: Quality

Question:

Is the V.I. Lenin on-line archive   (HTML = actual)   a character-by-character copy of all forty-five volumes of Lenin Collected Works   (books = expected) printed in Moscow during the 1960s and early 1970s?

Answers:

• First-line check:
  • Quality check report:   Volume 01
  • Quality check report:   Volume 02
  • Quality check report:   Volume 03
  • ...
  • Quality check report:   Volume 14
  • ...
  • Quality check report:   Volume 22
  • Quality check report:   Volume 23
  • Quality check report:   Volume 24
  • Quality check report:   Volume 25
  • Quality check report:   Volume 26
  • Quality check report:   Volume 27
  • Quality check report:   Volume 28
  • Quality check report:   Volume 29
  • ...
  • Quality check report:   Volume 45
• Last-line check:
• Footnote check:
• Mark-up check:
• Spell-check:
  • Quality check report:   Volume 03, Chapter 01

Work Flow for First-line Check

A database is created by typing the first line of every paragraph from every text from every volume of the Collected Works into a text file (the expected structure). Text file is read into a data dictionary by a Python script (see below).

Next, the HTML files referenced by lenin/works/cw/index.htm are read into a Python data dictionary (the actual structure).

Then the two data structures (expected and actual) are compared.

Finally, stuff that is missing or doesn't match gets reported.

Tools for First-Line Check

• EXPECTED:
  • Database header
  • Database for Volume 01
  • Database for Volume 02
  • Database for Volume 03
  • Database for Volume 14
  • Database for Volume 22
  • Database for Volume 23
  • Database for Volume 24
  • Database for Volume 25
  • Database for Volume 26
  • Database for Volume 27
  • Database for Volume 28
  • Database for Volume 29
  • Editing functions (add row, increment row number, etc.)
• ACTUAL:
  • Database (V.I. Lenin Library)
• COMPARE EXPECTED WITH ACTUAL:
  • Comparison script (program)
• PROCESSING EXAMPLES:
  • Expected: Sample consisting of 1st three (3) lines from 1st text from 1st volume:
    • input data (first 3 lines)
    • self.data (Python dictionary w/ first 3 lines)
    • output report (list of what's missing)
  • Actual:

Volunteers

• Want to help? Send email to: cymbala@lafn.org
• Requests for help:
  • several individuals (2001.09.04)
  • Change-Links (2001.09.06)
• Current volunteers:
  • Robert Cymbala

Summary

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