Re: magazines and OWP (was Re: Prioritisation)

Hi, Leonard–

On 8/10/15 1:59 PM, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
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>
> As with you, we (Adobe) does believe that the OWP is a key set of
> technologies that should be available to our customers for their
> publishing needs.  However, we don’t believe that it is the only set of
> technologies as they should be able to choose the solution that fits
> their content.  It may be that today there is a greater demand for PDF
> (or raster) based on designers with print-centric backgrounds and
> missing pieces in the OWP stable…

Just as a point for consideration, the Web Platform, as well as EPUB, 
already has explicit and inherent ability to use mixed content and 
raster images, for those print-centric designers. (Of course, there may 
be accessibility issues with raster-only, but that's another matter.)

So, really, the question of choice you seem to be asking about is having 
a clear way to include PDF (not rasters, which already work) as part of 
that mixed content. I'm not sure of the technical solution to that, but 
I just wanted to clarify that you seem to be specifically asking for PDF 
support.

Certainly, many people, including journals, still use PDF, so it's not 
an absurd request.

Regards–
–Doug

> but hopefully this group can help drive
> the OWP forward and enable greater use in this particular industry.  BUT
> there will always be a need for choice = something that needs to be
> incorporated into any real-world solution.