Re: Publication of scientific research

Participants in this thread might be interested in/should be reminded
of the recent "Beyond the PDF 2" #btpdf2 conference in Amsterdam; see
the "Outcomes" page at: http://www.force11.org/outcomes

I mention this partly because themes from that conference are emerging
in this thread, and because some of the leading thinkers/workers in
the areas mentioned here spoke there...

John

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Alexander Garcia Castro
<alexgarciac@gmail.com> wrote:
> just out of curiosity, what would the publication workflow like for authors?
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Andrea Splendiani
> <andrea.splendiani@iscb.org> 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
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Alexander Garcia
> http://www.alexandergarcia.name/
> http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/75943.html
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgarciac
>



-- 
John S. Erickson, Ph.D.
Director, Web Science Operations
Tetherless World Constellation (RPI)
<http://tw.rpi.edu> <olyerickson@gmail.com>
Twitter & Skype: olyerickson

Received on Monday, 29 April 2013 19:02:43 UTC