Everyone, Even though the threads discussing the "encapsulator/container" have waned on this group, there is "behind the scenes" work being done by Lee Passey,...
Everyone, In the next few days I will be posting information about the proposed OpenReader format specification. As noted before, the OpenReader Format (ORF)...
[For the overview, refer to message: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openreader-format/message/310 ] Everyone, Another critical component of the OpenReader...
Everyone, Before discussing CSS support (and conformance requirements) in OpenReader, it is a good idea to first review what OEBPS 1.2 specifies with regards...
For inspiration, and to get an idea of what it takes to register yet another URI or IRI scheme, have a look at the 'info' URI scheme, which is designed to...
... I appreciate your feedback, Peter. Definitely when embarking on designing an IRI scheme, even a private one, we have to understand what's out there. (And...
... JN> Internationalization *is* critical, so the scheme *must* support IRI, JN> in my opinion. Yes. JN> Am I right in assuming that extending an existing...
Boy, Jon, leave it to you to open up yet another can of worms. ;-) I've followed your links, looked at the "info:" scheme, OpenURL, and even looked at Digital...
... That's my job. <laugh/> And I want to thank Peter Ring and Chris Lilly for also replying to this thread. Very useful information. Now on to Lee's reply... ...
... And Mr. Passey would, again, be both wrong and right in his supposition of what I might say, because of his apparent inability to say what (I suppose) he...
Everyone, Appended below is the first sample "Binder" document. It represents a quite complex example publication to illustrate the various supported ...
Everyone, Bill McCoy at Adobe and I have exchanged blog articles regarding OpenReader's current "standards development strategy". For those who've not heard...
... I've communicated my opinions to Jon in various private email messages, but I want to say in this forum that individual initiative and publicly declared...
One point that I don't fully understand is why enveloping standard that basically unifies existing technologies XML, XHTML, CSS, SVG etc is necessary. Is not...
... Good question. Tackling first the "use XML to encapsulate the resources" comment: There are two ways to think of using a "master" XML document to contain a...
[cc: Garth Conboy] In the past here on openreader-format we spent some time discussing the encapsulation of the OpenReader Framework Specification. We explored...
Since I hadn't seen this come across the list yet, I thought I'd take the liberty of forwarding it. I still can't find any links on the OpenReader web site...
... Thanks for forwarding this information! I've been remiss lately in not keeping openreader-format abreast of new developments. Yes, I do plan to update the...
... Well, Bill, you beat me to the punch again! I was going to post here today on the public release of the preliminary *draft* Container spec. This release is...
[Something similar to this was posted to The eBook Community, or TeBC. I'm trying to separate the discussion on the two groups should discussion continue.] ......
I have blogged again about OpenReader at Teleread: What's the point of OpenReader pt 2 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4757 Roger Sperberg -- firstinitial...
Everyone, Some of you may have already seen the announcement on the TeleRead blog, but if not, the first working draft of the OpenReader Binder specification...
... Jon, A few comments: Throughout the specification, you use short-forms for attribute names...for example, "resid" instead of "resource_id" or "ResourceID."...
Note that <element/> and <element></element> are equivalent representations of empty element (i.e. element that has no content and that may or may not be...
... Ben, thanks for your thorough reading of the Binder spec and taking the time to post your thoughts and concerns. I'll provide some brief answers to some of...