Re: "Responsive Ebook Design"

In my understanding, the EPUB multiple rendition spec can be implemented in the current OWP.

I think the EPUB multiple rendition, packaging fixed-layout content (created by page layout applications such as InDesign) with reflowable content, is needed particularly for the transitional era to the next generation digital publishing era where the OWP-based page layout is dominant.

If CSS spec is powerful enough to create book/magazine page layout, we no longer need the fixed-layout, and single reflowable content will basically be sufficient.
I believe this is what the DIGPUB IG Layout & Styling task force and CSS spec such as GCPM level 4 and also the Houdini project are aiming for.


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Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote on 2015/01/15 18:30:12
> (+cc to the IG list)
> 
> Thanks Shinyu!
> 
> I am not familiar with the details of the EPUB multiple rendition spec, but it does raise a question: isn't this something that should be available in the OWP? Isn't this a requirement this group should describe to the the XXX WG? (I am not sure what 'XXX' is.)
> 
> Ivan
> 
> > On 12 Jan 2015, at 16:45 , Shinyu Murakami <murakami@vivliostyle.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi DigiPub people,
> > 
> > I'd like to introduce an interesting article:
> > 
> > Responsive Ebook Design: A Primer
> > by Sanders Kleinfeld (O'Reilly Media)
> > https://medium.com/@sandersk/responsive-ebook-design-a-primer-8bba01328219
> > 
> > I deeply agree to the author that we need open-standard, responsive alternatives to fixed layout.
> > I am happy I can contribute to this area through the Vivliostyle (open source, web browser based CSS typesetting) project, that is mentioned in this article.
> > 
> > Vivliostyle Project
> > https://github.com/vivliostyle/vivliostyle
> > 
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> > Shinyu Murakami (村上 真雄)
> > CEO & Founder, Vivliostyle Inc.
> > http://vivliostyle.com
> > murakami@vivliostyle.com
> > 
> > 
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