Everyone,

The OpenReader Consortium has issued the first demo OpenReader 1.0
Publication. This follows the release of the OpenReader Binder and
Content Document specifications, see:

http://www.openreader.org/spec/

The source text for this demonstration publication comes from Willa
Cather's "My Antonia", which I transcribed from a First Edition print
copy last year, and with error corrections (both transcriptional and
those known to exist in the printed edition) by Jose Menendez of
iBiblio, who has his own high-quality online version of "My Antonia":

http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Cather/index.html

The OpenReader 1.0 Publication of "My Antonia" is downloadable from:


http://www.openreader.org/spec/examples/My_Antonia_OpenReader_1.0_14-Aug-2006.zi\
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Note that this Publication is contained within an ordinary zip file.
The XML file 'myantonia.orb' in the root folder is the Binder
document, the 'control center' of the whole Publication. It is similar
to, but much more advanced than, the OEBPS Package document.

We plan to soon recontain this Publication into the OpenReader
Container. The OR container will be compatible with the IDPF Container
and is essentially a zip file with a couple special files added.

Your feedback is requested and welcome.

Jon Noring