Another advantage of the Internet is the simplicity of making corrections or additions to an article when necessary, a virtual impossibility with conventional printed journals. In addition, with such increased cooperation, a multidisciplinary international panel of experts could eventually be established to serve as a peer review board for any new papers submitted for publication without the typical physical restrictions of a printed journal. Over the past two years, with the cooperation of the Collegamento pro Sindone, a number of articles previously available only in Italian have already been translated into English and reprinted on the Shroud of Turin Website. Even with access to a sophisticated research library, many references are very hard to find. Along these same lines, even when a reference is determined, it is often impossible to find the actual paper or journal.
Many important references are out of print and more than twenty years old.
Over the last two years, rights have been obtained to reprint a number of these on the website and more are being added constantly. This will be continued and in time, the website could become the central repository and primary resource of Shroud data for sindonologists worldwide. Without question, the Shroud of Turin stimulates heated debates. These often take the form of personal correspondence between individual researchers. The website has already been host to a number of such debates through the good graces of the researchers who have made their correspondence available for publication.