Re: [SWAT4LS] Fwd: Publication of scientific research

Hi,
honestly, we didn't move much in this direction. If i have to point to one
specific reason, it is time. Procedures, tools, collaborations are somehow
tuned to "pdf or similar". To change takes time: maybe not a huge anount of
time but more than we can afford.

best,
Andrea Splendiani

On Saturday, October 4, 2014, Sarven Capadisli <info@csarven.ca> wrote:

> On 2013-04-29 19:29, Andrea Splendiani wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> ok. Let's see if we can offer xhtml+RDFa as an additional format, and see
>> how people react. I'll spread the idea a bit.
>>
>> best,
>> Andrea
>>
>
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Care to share the feedback that you've received?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Sarven
>
>  Il giorno 27/apr/2013, alle ore 23:05, Sarven Capadisli <info@csarven.ca>
>> ha scritto:
>>
>>  On 04/27/2013 02:31 AM, Andrea Splendiani wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm involved in the organization of a couple of conferences and
>>>> workshops.
>>>> You do need a template, as without this it's hard to have homogenous
>>>> submissions (even for simple things as page, or html equivalent, length).
>>>> Other than this, the main issue I could see is that proceedings may
>>>> require pdf anyway.
>>>> But we could make a partial step and ask for abstract in xhtml+rdfa, to
>>>> be included in the online program, and full papers in xthml+RDFa as an
>>>> optional submission.
>>>> It's a small step, but a first step.
>>>> I'm very short on time, but if there is a template, I can see if the
>>>> idea finds some interest.
>>>> I have to admit that asking for PDFs sounds a bit retro!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Challenge accepted!
>>>
>>> Here is the egg in XHTML+RDFa with CSS for LNCS and ACM SIG:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/csarven/linked-research
>>>
>>> See live:
>>>
>>> http://linked-research.270a.info/
>>>
>>> Will you provide the chicken? :D
>>>
>>> I got it as close to LNCS template as possible for now. ACM SIG is on
>>> its way - (change stylesheet from lncs.css to acmsig.css to see current
>>> state).
>>>
>>> I know it is not perfect, however I think it is a decent start. Best
>>> viewed in Firefox/Chrom(e|ium). Print to paper, or PDF from your browser to
>>> see alternative views. What do you think?
>>>
>>> Now, before some of you pixel-perfectionist folks yell at me, please
>>> first chillax and create an issue at GitHub. Or better yet, contribute with
>>> pull requests. It is using Apache License 2.0. But, all feedback is most
>>> welcome!
>>>
>>> I still don't think this is main challenge. We need "go ahead"s from
>>> conferences, then we can hack up the best templates and stylesheets that
>>> this universe has ever seen.
>>>
>>> -Sarven
>>>
>>>
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