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Welcome to the scribeAPI wiki!

Want to create a crowdsourcing project with Scribe? You've come to the right place.

• Getting Started - Before you set up your project, here's an orientation for those unfamiliar with Scribe
• Setting up your Project - Ready to dive in? Set up your first Scribe project
  • Setup Your Environment
    • Mac OSX Setup
    • Windows Setup
    • Unix Setup
  • Configure your project
    • Creating Your Project
    • Define Your Project Workflows
    • Define Your Project Subjects
    • Create Help Content
    • Customize Design
  • Load your project
    • Rake Commands For Projects
    • Deploying Your Project
• Code & Technical Notes - Supporting documents for the curious and technically-inclined
  • Data Model & Tools Config
  • Creating Custom Marking Tools
  • Setting up OAuth & Deploying
  • Terms and Keywords
• Scribe Reference Projects - 3 (rather different) projects built with Scribe to introduce its capabilities:
  • Emigrant City (by NYPL Labs)
  • Measuring the Anzacs (by Zooniverse)
  • Old Weather: Whaling (by Zooniverse)

Inspiration & Early Iterations

• Zooniverse: Old Weather [project]
• Zooniverse: Scribe (precursor) [repo]
• NYPL Labs: What's on the Menu? [project]
• NYPL Labs: Ensemble [project]
• NYPL Labs: Building Inspector [project]
• NYTimes R&D Lab: Madison [project | Blog post]
• NYTimes R&D Lab: Hive (Madison Platform) [Code | Blog Post]