¶ Milestone I - The Urantia Book and the Bible
This phase is completed for 25 languages.
This milestone is explained in detail here: Milestone I.
¶ Products
The products of this phase are:
The Paramony
The Urantia Book (with Paramony cross-references as footnotes)
The Bible (with Paramony cross-references as footnotes)
¶ Developments
In this phase the developments that were made are:
| Development | Status |
|---|---|
| File converter to Wiki.js. |  |
| Converter of The Urantia Book from HTML to JSON (without Paramony footnotes). |
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| Converter of The Urantia Book from JSON to Wiki.js (with Paramony footnotes). |
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| Converter of The Bible from LaTeX to Wiki.js (with Paramony footnotes). |
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¶ Tasks to be carried out with the content and current progress
In this phase, the tasks to be carried out in each language are the following (indicating their current status):
| Task | Status |
|---|---|
| Translation of Paramony from English to the target language. |
(in 25 languages) [1] |
| Obtaining The Urantia Book in the target language with the Paramony as footnotes. |
(in 25 languages) |
| Obtaining a translation of The Bible in the target language with the Paramony as footnotes. |
(in 25 languages) |
| Uploading changes using Urantiapedia-backup | (in 25 languages) |
(1) Whenever 25 languages are indicated, they are: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish.
¶ Milestone II - Newspaper Archive, Library and Encyclopedia
This phase is completed for 3 languages (English, Spanish and French).
This phase is explained in detail here: Milestone II.
¶ Products
- Newspaper Library:
Readers’ articles
Readers’ study aids
- Book Library:
Extra-biblical books.
Books on all world religions.
Books supposedly used by the revelators.
Readers’ books
- Encyclopedia:
pages of the Encyclopedia
Indexes of the Encyclopedia
¶ Developments
In this phase the developments that were carried out are:
| Development | Status |
|---|---|
| Converter of book outline from Markdown to Wiki.js pages | |
| Topic Index Editor, a tool to speed up the creation of the Encyclopedia | |
| Converter of the Encyclopedia from TXT to Wiki.js. |
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Generator of anchors (<a> tags) in the articles to link The Urantia Book with the articles. |
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| Generator of a file of parallels between articles and books with The Urantia Book | |
| Generator of indexes of the Encyclopedia |
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¶ Tasks to be carried out with the content and current progress
In this phase, the tasks to be carried out in each language are the following (indicating their current status):
| Task | Status |
|---|---|
| Addition of articles from publications in the target language and link to The Urantia Book |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| Adding study aids in the target language and linking to The Urantia Book |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| Adding extra-biblical books |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| Adding books on all current world religions |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| Addition of books on philosophy, theology, and science supposedly used by the revelators |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| Addition of books from readers who have given permission to publish on Urantiapedia |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| Creation of the Encyclopedia in the target language. |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| Creation of indexes of the Encyclopedia in the target language |
(English, Spanish, French) |
¶ List of publications added to the Newspaper Archive at this stage
The following publications are currently available (in English, Spanish, and French):
| Editor / Publication |
Issues Published |
|---|---|
| The Urantia Foundation - News Online - News Flash - Urantian |
640 24 63 |
| Fellowship - Fellowship Herald - Mighty Messenger - Study Group Herald - The Urantian |
263 218 129 264 |
| IUA - Journal - Tidings |
216 389 |
| Innerface International | 568 |
| Spiritual Fellowship Journal | 400 |
| Spain Association - Luz y Vida |
337 |
| ANZURA Association - 6-0-6 - The Arena |
257 108 |
| French Association - Le Lien |
500 |
| Quebec Association - Reflectivite |
401 |
| UB Annotated | 56 |
| Artículos de Jan Herca | 71 |
| __________________ | |
| TOTAL | 4864 |
¶ Milestone III - Translator
This phase is complete.
This phase is explained in detail here: Milestone III.
Only the following developments were carried out in this phase:
| Development | Status |
|---|---|
| Development in Urantiapedia Tools of a massive page translator | |
¶ Milestone IV - Additions, corrections, Newspaper Library and Media Library
This phase is currently in progress.
This phase is explained in detail here: Milestone IV.
¶ Products
- Additions and corrections to the Newspaper Library.
- Additions and corrections to the Book Library.
- Additions and corrections to the Encyclopedia.
- Map Library:
Static image maps with zoom in and out interactivity.
Fully interactive maps.
- Media Library:
Images to illustrate The Urantia Book, the Bible and the Encyclopedia.
Interactive diagrams or schemes.
Interactive presentations.
3D models.
Audio of The Urantia Book
Embedded videos.
¶ Developments
In this phase the developments that will be carried out are:
| Development | Status |
|---|---|
| Update the generation process of The Urantia Book, Bible and Encyclopedia to add images. It is made for The Urantia Book and partly for the Encyclopedia |  |
| Web-based development of a system for displaying interactive maps with both static images and dynamic maps | (not started) |
| Web-based development of a system for viewing interactive presentations. | (not started) |
| Web-based development of a system for viewing interactive 3D scenes. | (not started) |
¶ Tasks to be performed with the content and current progress
In this phase, the tasks to be performed in each language are the following (indicating their current status):
| Task | Status |
|---|---|
| Create an image catalog to be used to illustrate The Urantia Book, the Bible, and the Encyclopedia. Currently, some images have been added to The Urantia Book. | |
| Addition of maps and translation into any of the supported languages | (some testing only) |
| Addition of schemes and diagrams. | (some testing only) |
| Addition of presentations. | (some testing only) |
| Addition of interactive 3D scenes. | (just some testing) |
| Adding audio versions of The Urantia Book in more supported languages. | (in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese) |
| Adding a catalog of embedded videos. | (not started) |
¶ Planned tasks
This is a list of all the tasks we are currently considering. If you are a contributor or would like to become one, please check this list frequently to see where you can make your best contributions.
| Contents | Tasks |
|---|---|
| The Paramony |
Review of the automatic translation of Paramony (for languages other than Spanish and English) |
| The Urantia Book |
Addition of new translations or additions to existing translations. For example, new translations such as Chinese and Arabic, or existing ones such as French and Korean. |
| The Bible |
Addition of new Bible translations when new translations of The Urantia Book are added. |
| The Paramony |
Addition of new translations of Paramony when new translations of The Urantia Book are added |
| Newspaper Archive |
Review of existing articles in English, Spanish, and French |
| Newspaper Library |
Addition of more publication issues in any of the supported languages |
| Newspaper Library |
Review of existing study aids in English, Spanish, and French |
| Newspaper Library |
Addition of more study aids in any of the supported languages |
| Library |
Review of machine translations of books on major religions (in Spanish and French) |
| Library |
Addition of more books on major religions and their translation into any of the supported languages |
| Library |
Review of machine translations of books allegedly used by the revelators |
| Library |
Addition of more books allegedly used by the revelators and their translation into any of the supported languages |
| Encyclopedia |
Review of content in English, Spanish, and French, and translation into any other supported languages |
| Map Library |
Web-based development of a system to display interactive maps with both static and dynamic images |
| Map Library |
Addition of maps and translation into any of the supported languages |
| Media Library |
Addition of more images to illustrate The Urantia Book, the Bible, and the Encyclopedia. |
| Media Library |
Addition of charts and diagrams. |
| Media Library |
Web-based development of a system to display interactive presentations. |
| Media Library |
Addition of presentations. |
| Media Library |
Web-based development of a system for viewing interactive 3D scenes. |
| Media Library |
Addition of interactive 3D scenes. |
| Media Library |
Addition of audio versions of The Urantia Book in more supported languages. |
| Media Library |
Addition of a catalog of embedded videos. |
¶ Summary
The following table summarizes all the progress made on each content type:
| Content | Status |
|---|---|
| The Urantia Book with the Paramony |
(in 25 languages) [1] |
| The Bible with the Paramony |
(in 25 languages) |
| A first version of the Newspaper Library with articles and study aids. |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| A first version of the Library with books of the major religions and books supposedly used by the revelators. |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| A first version of the Encyclopedia |
(English, Spanish, French) |
| Images (currently only in The Urantia Book) |
(in 25 languages) |
| Map Library |
(initial tests in English and Spanish only) |
| Presentations for the Media Library |
(not started yet) |
| 3D scenes for the Media Library |
(initial tests in English only) |
| Audio of The Urantia Book |
(in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese) |
| Video catalog for the Media Library |
(not started yet) |
(1) Whenever 25 languages are listed, they are: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish.
¶ External links
- Urantiapedia Tools - GitHub project
- Urantiapedia-backup - GitHub project
- Urantia Foundation
- Blue Fields
- Wiki.js