Re: scientific publishing process (was Re: Cost and access)

On 10/03/2014 10:25 AM, Diogo FC Patrao wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Peter F. Patel-Schneider
> <pfpschneider@gmail.com <mailto:pfpschneider@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     One problem with allowing HTML submission is ensuring that reviewers can
>     correctly view the submission as the authors intended it to be viewed.
>     How would you feel if your paper was rejected because one of the reviewers
>     could not view portions of it?  At least with PDF there is a reasonably
>     good chance that every paper can be correctly viewed by all its reviewers,
>     even if they have to print it out.  I don't think that the same claim can
>     be made for HTML-based systems.
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> The majority of journals I'm familiar with mandates a certain format for
> submission: font size, figure format, etc. So, in a HTML format submission,
> there should be rules as well, a standard CSS and the right elements and
> classes. Not different from getting a word(c) or latex template.

This might help.  However, someone has to do this, and ensure that the result 
is generally viewable.
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>     Web conference vitally use the web in their reviewing and publishing
>     processes.  Doesn't that show their allegiance to the web?  Would the use
>     of HTML make a conference more webby?
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> As someone said, this is leading by example.

Yes, but what makes HTML better for being webby than PDF?

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> dfcp
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>     peter
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Received on Friday, 3 October 2014 20:15:55 UTC