1. 文本可靠嗎?
不可靠,都是未經檢查的 OCR 文本,只供短時間快速查找資料之用。
2. 在哪裏可以找到可靠的文本?
各文本來源不同。如例:
新聞公報 - 歷史檔案館目錄系統
戰前政府出版物 - HKU Government Reports Online
年報 - 康文署 MMIS 系統
實體本須往各圖書館、歷史檔案館查驗
3. 你們可以提供非 OCR 軟本或實體本 PDF 嗎?
本網站在大多數情況下不提供任何 PDF,請自行往問題二的網站下載/機構閱讀
少部分情況,如該 PDF 已在公海(Google / Archives.org 等)飄浮多時,為免卻讀者搜尋之苦,我們才會提供便捷下載點。
4. 你們可以代為尋找資料嗎?
本網站不提供任何收費/免費研究服務。
5. 你們的資料是否涉及版權問題?
政府出版物:經與相關部門確認,引用政府出版物的文本資料,毋須申請許可。但閣下若須使用相關資料,最好還是先行與政府部門聯絡。
私人出版物:本網站為確保分享文本已不受版權保護,只分享出版年份/作者逝世不少於 50 年的文本。
6. 我有不涉及版權的香港歷史文本,可以托你們進行 OCR 嗎?
歡迎將相關文本的影像或 PDF 檔案上載至 Google Drive,再分享連給至 contact@histsyn.com,我們收到連結及確認不涉版權問題後,會進行 OCR 並上載到本站。
>>Is the text reliable?
Not reliable, they are all unchecked OCR texts, only for quick data search in a short time.
>>Where can I find reliable texts?
The sources of each text are different. For example:
News Bulletin - Public Records Office Catalog System
Pre-war government publications - HKU Government Reports Online
Annual report - LCSD MMIS system
Physical books need to go to various libraries, Public Records Office for verification
>>Can you provide non-OCR soft copies or physical copies of PDFs?
This website does not provide any PDFs in most cases, please go to the websites in question 2 to download/read by yourself
In a few cases, if the PDF has been ciruclated on WWW (Google / Archives.org, etc.) for a long time, to save time for readers, we will provide a convenient download point.
>>Can you help me find information?
We do not provide any paid/free research services.
>>Does your information involve copyright issues?
Government publications: After confirmation with the relevant departments, quoting the text data of government publications does not require permission. But if you need to use the relevant data, it is better to consult the government department first.
Private publications: This website only shares texts that are no longer protected by copyright and have been published for more than 50 years or the author has died.
>>I have Hong Kong historical texts that do not involve copyright, can I entrust you to do OCR?
You are welcome to upload the images or PDF files of the relevant texts to Google Drive, and then share the link to contact@histsyn.com. After we receive the link and confirm that it does not involve copyright issues, we will perform OCR and upload it to this site.