Re: I present... Something...

Nice, Nick. I like the direction you are thinking!

Regards,
Dave
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David Hyland-Wood
https://hyland-wood.org

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 2:13 AM, Ruffilo, Nick <
Nick.Ruffilo@ingramcontent.com> wrote:

> All,
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> I gave myself a week to develop something to show something.  Honestly –
> when I started, I wasn’t sure WHAT it is I was really building, or why, but
> often when I get to building, things become much clearer.  Fueled also by
> the wonderful discussions that we’ve had over the past week, I’ve created
> something…
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> *What is it*
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> A server-side script written in PHP/Apache that converts, in real time, an
> epub document.
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> *What does it convert it to?*
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> Anything we want.  Right now is creates a very simple JSON spine, and then
> injects an extremely lightweight navigation RS on top (a next/previous
> button)
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> *Why?*
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> I wanted to create something that was easy for content creators to work
> with, and the reality is, epubs are being made.  BUT, it could easily be
> adapted to handle other formats.
>
> ALSO – This can be used to allow us to “test” different implementations.
> We can unzip an epub, tweak the script to output a specific type of WAM and
> see what happens in different browsers.  We can create situations and
> easily see what happens.
>
> As things continue, I can add more “conversions” so we can generate
> examples on the fly.  It can also help us if we want to point out examples
> where existing systems need to be improved.
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> *Where is it:*
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> Example: http://nickruffilo.com/wp/book/zot.epub/
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> Code: http://nickruffilo.com/wp/code.php (will output the JS, CSS,
> htaccess, and PHP code.
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> This should probably go into a github repo somewhere, but I wasn’t sure if
> this is something the W3C would want in their repo, or if I should put it
> in a personal repo.  Thoughts welcomed.
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> -Nick
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