> On 05 Aug 2015, at 15:53 , Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com> wrote: > > The problem - IMO - with books, news and mag - is that it limits the uses of the technology for a specific set of use cases. Publication(s) is a much more generic term that can be used to describe a wider set of uses. Right. It was a brilliant move to call EPUB the way it is and not call it EBOOK. Eg, I would expect scholarly articles to be published in EPUB at some point (or WEPUB:-)… Ivan > > Leonard > > > > > On 8/5/15, 9:50 AM, "Håkon Wium Lie" <howcome@opera.com> wrote: > >> Ivan Herman wrote: >> >>> P.S. I was musing about the term WEPUB for "Web Publication", but that is just the idea under the shower... >> >> My shower idea was "webooks": >> >> http://www.wiumlie.no/2013/talks/02-11-w3c-ebook.html >> >> How would it be pronouced? We-books? (which would add another meaning) Web-ooks (sound spooky) >> >> When publishing the code examples, the term was changed to "newsmag". >> >> http://people.opera.com/howcome/2013/02-reader/ >> >> Cheers, >> >> -h&kon >> Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª >> howcome@opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Digital Publishing Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +31-641044153 ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704
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