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It's enticing to think about, a library that had amassed the most-complete collection of human knowledge at that time. In 48 BC, a large part of the library burned down, taking knowledge with it.\n\nAdding insult to injury, the fire that claimed alexandria was accidental, a spillover from Cesear burning ships in a war maneuver. Today we have much smaller accidents that spark far greater fires: typos that destroy data centers, losing the manual on how to read an entire file format, or not-so-accidental government-sponsored libricide.\n\nAs humans, it can sometimes be hard to find something to point to as definitive proof that we're progressing as a species. While that question may be hard to answer, we can definitively state that losing knowledge we worked hard to obtain _is not progress_. Regardless of how a fire gets started, what matters is making sure that books burn, not knowledge.\n\nThe time has come to rebuild Alexandria. This time let's read the fire code first.\n\nIt's fair to ask if the internet isn't _already_ the modern day Alexandria. The truth is it's a _much_, _much_ better version of Alexandria, but like the library that came before it, the internet is not fire-proof. The internet that we know \u0026 love today is riddled with weak points that upon failure will destroy knowledge forever. We have to re-think how to build a _permanent_, _distributed_ library. We have to return to the first principles that guided the birth of the internet, with knowledge conceived as something we share, something we hold _together_.\n\nThankfully, we are in no way starting from scratch. Many, many libraries–both physical and digial–already exist. All we need to do is connect these libraries together, and make sure an accurate copy of each book lives in more than one place.\n\nWhat follows is a proposed set of blueprints for assembling such a library, with openness, distribution and collaboration held as core values. A task this large is inherently something we must take on as a group. \"We\" being anyone who cares to help. This also makes it something we can participate in, benefit from, and celebrate, together.\n\nSo with this in mind, let's read some fire code.\n\n** **\n## Contents\n\nThis document is broken into two sections. The theory section describes the _why_, the practice section describes the _how_.\n\n### 1. Theory\n* [1.1 Distribution](theory/distribution.md)\n* [1.2 Participation](theory/participation.md)\n* [1.3 Context](theory/context.md)\n\n### 2. Practice\n* [2.1 Distribution](practice/distribution.md)\n* [2.2 Participation](practice/participation.md)\n* [2.3 Context](practice/context.md)\n* [2.4 Roadmap](practice/roadmap.md)\n* [2.5 Definition of a Service](practice/service_definition.md)\n* [2.6 List of services](practice/services_list.md)\n* [2.7 Friends](practice/friends.md)\n\n\n** **\n# Goals\n\n#### Build Community\nSpecifically, focus on galvanizing short-term enthusiasm into long-term community membership \u0026 interest.\n\n#### Reduce barriers to contribution\nBroaden the scope of who can contribute by building tools more people can use.\n\n#### Celebrate contributions\nIncrease the visibility of a volunteer's contribution, record \u0026 distribute success stories both large \u0026 small.\n\n#### Produce dependable, citable data with a proper trail of digital provenance\nThe data we archive \u0026 publish must be of the highest possible standards, enforced by technology, vetted by humans.\n\n#### Coordinate \u0026 share across organizations\nJoin broader community archiving efforts, favouring collaboration over reinvention.\n\n#### Keep a space for devs\nProvide frameworks for the community to build, contribute, and maintain meaningful tools.\n\n#### Plan Long-term\nSetup a roadmap for long-term stewardship \u0026 maintenance.\n\n#### View information as something we all hold *together*\nInstead of going through someone to get to it, annotate, or comment on it. 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