- From: Heather Hedden <heather@hedden.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 13:17:22 -0400
- To: Bill Kasdorf <kasdorf.bill@gmail.com>
- Cc: George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>, W3C EPUB 3 Community Group <public-epub3@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAB088WEe7ESRWnVP0V=-_CksX+G19enpDhRFEiG3vxV_gUXYRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Bill and all, Virtual pages can also support the implementation of back-of-the-book style browsable indexes. Index entries in print point to page numbers; index entries in ebooks should redirect to the virtual page. Index entries refer to topics discussed, perhaps in a paragraph or more, not to merely a matching single word in the text, thus a link to a "page" is more appropriate than a link to a word in the middle of a sentence. Heather Hedden Heather@Hedden.net www.hedden-information.com On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 11:56 AM Bill Kasdorf <kasdorf.bill@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting idea, and George, your metric is spot-on. When I had my > publishing services business the definition of a "page" (especially needed > because manuscript pages are so variable") was 2,000 characters. > > On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 11:47 AM George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com> > wrote: > >> Hi EPUB 3 folks, >> >> >> >> We have brought up the practice of including virtual pages before. The go >> to page function in titles that have a print equivalent is fabulous, >> but what if there is no print version? >> >> >> >> A quick check of character of documents I have handy shows that there is >> approximately 2k of characters on a page. I would think that a best >> practice of placing a page break indicator between block items closest to >> that 2k count would work well. Of course, this cannot be a requirement, but >> I wonder about publishing it as a best practice. IMO it would help in >> figuring out how large a title is. >> >> >> >> Thoughts welcome. >> >> >> >> Happy GAAD >> >> George >> >> >> >> George Kerscher Ph.D. >> >> -In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human >> right. >> >> Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium >> >> http://www.daisy.org >> >> Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech >> >> http://www.benetech.org >> >> President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) >> >> http://www.idpf.org >> >> Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (IMLS) >> >> http://www.imls.gov >> >> Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of >> the W3C >> >> http://www.w3c.org/wai >> >> Phone: +1 406/549-4687 >> >> Cell:+1 406/544-2466 >> >> Email: kerscher@montana.com >> >> >> > > > -- > *Bill Kasdorf* > *Principal, Kasdorf & Associates, LLC* > > *Founding Partner, Publishing Technology Partners > <https://pubtechpartners.com/>* > kasdorf.bill@gmail.com > +1 734-904-6252 > > ISNI: http://isni.org/isni/0000000116490786 > ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7002-4786 > <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7002-4786?lang=en> > > --
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