# ℹ️ BEC Homepage

**URL:** <https://forum.webuddhist.com/t/bec-homepage/497>\
**Category:** 📑BDRC-Etexts WG\
**Created:** [December 19, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.webuddhist.com/t/bec-homepage/497 "2025-12-19T02:56:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trinley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.webuddhist.com/trinley/32/3_2.png) [@Trinley](https://forum.webuddhist.com/u/Trinley)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.webuddhist.com/t/bec-homepage/497/1 "2025-12-19T02:56:26Z")

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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.

## ⚡ Quick Actions

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| 💬 **Chat** | Join our [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/Jfc2Sjmw) |
| 🏗 **Github Board** | [Active Code Sprint](https://github.com/orgs/OpenPecha/projects/144) / [Active Data Sprint](https://github.com/orgs/OpenPecha/projects/148/views/2) |
| 🗺 **Flowchart** | [Excalidraw+](https://app.excalidraw.com/s/9MjBj0OINTj/84HmpkffAGO) |
| 📅 **Meeting Minutes** | [All minutes](https://forum.webuddhist.com/tags/c/wg/bec/68/minutes) |

## 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

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## 🗺 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 Framework** _description_ | View Spec | View Label |
| 🟢 **Planning** | **Refine OCR Models & Training Data Framework** _description_ | View Spec | View Label |
| 🟢 **Planning** | **Launch Modern Text Acquisition** _description_ | View Spec | View Label |
| 🟡 **In Progress** | **Build Cataloging & Outlining Tools** _description_ | View Spec | View Label |
| 🟢 **Planning** | **Initiate Text Boundary Annotation** _description_ | View Spec | View Label |

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## 👥 Members and Roles

**Voters:**

- @Elie_Roux – BDRC
- @Trinley – OpenPecha / Dharmaduta

**Non-voting advisors:**

- @Tenz_Kuns - Full-stack & AI
- @gade - annotation specialist

**Contributors:**

- @Elie_Roux - Tech Lead

## 🛠 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**.

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## 📚 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.

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