BDRC Etext Corpus Project
Mission: To publish a foundational dataset of Tibetan Buddhist Literature for AI and Research by collecting, OCRing, cataloging, cleaning, and aligning etexts.
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WG Meeting Calendar
- Annual: Strategic Planning (Board & Leads) to set the organizational vision and objectives.
- Bi-monthly: OKR & Epic Drafting Workshop; OKR and Epic Setting; Strategy & Roadmap Review
- Sprint (Bi-Weekly): A 14-day cycle comprising Community Hubs Review, Sprint Planning, Contributor Syncs, Demo & Vote, .
- Daily: Standup meetings
Strategic Roadmap (Active Epics)
Major initiatives we are prioritizing this quarter.
| Status | Epic Title |  Read (PRD) |
 Do (Work) |
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 In Progress |
Establish Gold Standard Catalog* Collection of the most accurate (manually transcribed) digital versions of Buddhist texts.* | [View Spec] | |
 Planning |
Develop OCR Evaluation Frameworkdescription | View Spec | View Label |
| Planning |
Refine OCR Models & Training Data Frameworkdescription | View Spec | View Label |
| Planning |
Launch Modern Text Acquisitiondescription | View Spec | View Label |
| In Progress |
Build Cataloging & Outlining Toolsdescription | View Spec | View Label |
| Planning |
Initiate Text Boundary Annotationdescription | View Spec | View Label |
Members and Roles
Voters:
- @Elie_Roux – BDRC
- @Trinley – OpenPecha / Dharmaduta
Non-voting advisors:
- @Tenz_Kuns - Full-stack & AI
- @gade - annotation specialist
Contributors:
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@Elie_Roux - Tech Lead
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Gabor
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@Tashi_Tsering - OPS / AI engineer @tash
- Arihant - OPS / AI
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@Kaldan - data / AI engineer
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@Ganga_Gyatso - data / AI engineer
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Tsethar (Cataloger)
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Sonam_Gyaltso (Cataloger)
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Tenzin_Norbu (Cataloger)
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lhujam_tashi789 (Cataloger)
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@Tashi_Dhondup - Data Collection
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- Text Alignment
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- Transcription
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Contribution Zone
Ready to help? Pick a task based on your time availability.
New Contributors: Start with our “Good First Issues”.
Bug Hunters: Help us squash bugs in the Issue Tracker.
Developers: Review the Setup & Contribution Guide.
Library & Governance
- Team Roster: Who is the Chair, Maintainers, and active members?
Meeting Minutes: Archive of past decisions (tag: wg-name+minutes).
Document Store: All PRDs, Technical Specs, and RFCs.