For each language to be included in Urantipedia, the work will be carried out in the following milestones. For each stage we include here the tasks to be carried, where editions must be made, and the collaborator role.
In this milestone the content that is considered minimum to start the Urantiapedia in each language is added. This includes The Urantia Book, the Bible, and the Topic Index, all linked together so that there are links from The Urantia Book to the Bible and to topics, and vice versa. In the same way the Bible and the Topic Index will also be linked to each other in a bidirectional way.
To create the links to the Bible, Duane L. Faw’s Paramony is being used, which is a file with cross-references between the Bible and The Urantia Book.
https://urantia-book.org/urantiabook/paramony/
To create the Topic Index, the index created by the Urantia Fellowship for its English edition of The Urantia Book is being used as guidance. This index, as it contains only brief annotations, is being expanded to become a full text that will serve as the initial version for each topic page.
https://urantia-book.org/urantiabook/topical_index/index.htm
This milestone is expected to be reached in Q2 2022.
Tasks | Where | Who |
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Development of file converters to Wiki.js | GitHub | Developers |
Conversion of each Urantia Book paper to a page with links to the Bible and Topics | GitHub | Chief Editors |
Conversion of each Bible chapter in a page with links to The Urantia Book | GitHub | Chief Editors |
Development of Topic Index Editor, a wizard to help in the work with Topic Index | GitHub | Developers |
Conversion of Topic Index to pages with links to The Urantia Book | GitHub | Chief Editors |
Bulk load of files in Wiki.js format | GitHub | administrators |
In this milestone the content of the Urantiapedia is expanded with three major areas:
This milestone is expected to be reached in Q2 2023.
Tasks | Where | Who |
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Opening of Topic Index for manual editing of editors | web | Assistant Editors |
Development for converting books and articles to Wiki.js | GitHub | Developers |
Addition of other books that are presumed to be sources of The Urantia Book | GitHub | Chief Editors |
Addition of articles and study aids linked to the book, the sources, and references | GitHub | Chief Editors |
Addition of indexes of people, beings, places, The Bible, references, quotes, chronologies, etc | GitHub | Chief Editors |
Bulk load of files in Wiki.js format | GitHub | Administrators |
In this milestone only development will be undertaken. Two new tools will be added in Wiki.js that will be of special importance in this project, and that are currently not included in the Wiki.js roadmap (https://docs.requarks.io/releases/roadmap):
This milestone is expected to be achieved in Q1 2024.
Tasks | Where | Who |
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Opening of books and articles to manual editing of editors | web | Assistant Editors |
Development in Urantiapedia Tools of a massive page translator | GitHub | Developers |
Development in Wiki.js of a new editor for guided translations in the web | GitHub | Developers |
Development in Wiki.js of a new dual mode viewer for The Urantia Book in pairs of languages | GitHub | Developers |
Development in Wiki.js of a preference selector in the translation to use of The Urantia Book (for languages like Spanish with several) | GitHub | Developers |
Few standards currently exist for saving a map definition. The KML format (property of Google) is a good option that also allows extensibility because it is based on XML. In this milestone, an standard will be defined based on the best already existing that allows saving:
The developments that will be needed in Wiki.js are:
This milestone is expected to be reached in Q2 2024.
Tasks | Where | Who |
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Development in Wiki.js of an interactive map editor, the format and the renderer | GitHub | Developers |
Addition of a set of sample interactive maps, about race migrations, historical facts and Jesus voyages | GitHub | Chief Editors |
As with maps, there are no standard formats for saving presentations. The most universal format is PowerPoint’s PPTX (proprietary by Microsoft) but it is not a text-type format. In this milestone, a standard for saving presentations will be defined. As very interesting open source alternatives that integrate presentations on the web without being tied to a format, we have:
The developments that will be needed in Wiki.js are:
This milestone is expected for Q2 2025.
Tasks | Where | Who |
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Opening of interactive maps to manual editing and additions by editors | web | Assistant Editors |
Development in Wiki.js of a slides editor, with its format and renderer | GitHub | Developers |
Addition of a set of slides using available ones in the association’s sites | GitHub | Chief Editors |
Fortunately in the 3D world there is an open standard for creating 3D scenes, glTF from the Khronos group, which is like the JPG for 3D. You can see the power of this standard in this example website:
https://github.khronos.org/glTF-Sample-Viewer-Release/
The format is widely used and supported in many applications, and there are already online glTF editors and viewers:
The developments that will be necessary in Wiki.js are:
This milestone is expected for Q2 2026.
Tasks | Where | Who |
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Opening of slides for manual editing and additions of editors | web | Assistant Editors |
Development in Wiki.js for a 3D interactive model creator/editor, its format and renderer | GitHub | Developers |
Addition of a set of 3D models about Paradise, architectural spheres, Garden of Eden and the like | GitHub | Chief Editors |
From now on, the project could consider new challenges such as: