The EPUB Platform and the Readium Open Source Initiative
James English
NISO/BISG 8th Annual Forum on The Changing Standards Landscape: Managing an Increasingly Complex and Interconnected World of Content
June 27, 2014
This document provides an overview of EPUB, the next-generation digital content platform. It discusses the background of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and Readium Foundation, which develop EPUB standards and software. EPUB aims to make digital publications accessible, global-ready, mobile-optimized, and based on open web technologies. The document outlines the current status and roadmap for EPUB, including initiatives like EPUB 3.1, Readium projects, and a long-term vision to unify EPUB and the web.
Cette présentation dresse un panorama du logiciel libre : ce que c'est, les projets phares, les licences (droits et devoirs) et enfin les business models.
J'ai donné cette présentation à l'école des mines pour les sensibiliser à la viabilité économique et technique de cet écosystème. Le discours orale associé à ce support permet d'illustrer les principes du free software avec mes expériences personnelles dans la fondation Eclipse et la mise au point du business model d'Obeo.
English: this talk is an introduction to free software ecosystem.
This document provides an overview of EPUB, the next-generation digital content platform. It discusses the background of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and Readium Foundation, which develop EPUB standards and software. EPUB aims to make digital publications accessible, global-ready, mobile-optimized, and based on open web technologies. The document outlines the current status and roadmap for EPUB, including initiatives like EPUB 3.1, Readium projects, and a long-term vision to unify EPUB and the web.
Cette présentation dresse un panorama du logiciel libre : ce que c'est, les projets phares, les licences (droits et devoirs) et enfin les business models.
J'ai donné cette présentation à l'école des mines pour les sensibiliser à la viabilité économique et technique de cet écosystème. Le discours orale associé à ce support permet d'illustrer les principes du free software avec mes expériences personnelles dans la fondation Eclipse et la mise au point du business model d'Obeo.
English: this talk is an introduction to free software ecosystem.
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•2.5B web pages (indexed by Google)
•520M PDF files
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content in HTML
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13. International Digital Publishing Forum: non-profit
trade association, formed in 1999
• 360+ member organizations from 45 countries
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• Member organizations include publishers, service
providers, e-retailers, reading system developers,
libraries, educational institutions, government
agencies, and other publishing industry
associations (inc. our hosts ALA and BISG)
14. EPUB Global Adoption
•EPUB 2 (previous version, pre-HTML5) widely proliferated
•Reading System support for EPUB 3 rapidly increasing
•Apple iBooks, Google Play Books, Kobo, Sony, VitalSource, CourseSmart
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•Open Source development: Readium SDK
•EPUB 3 authoring tool options increasing
•Packaged SW from high-end (latest Adobe InDesign supports both fixed-
layout and reflowable EPUB 3) to mass-market (Apple Pages now exports
EPUB 3)
•Specialized workflow tools (Aerbook, Metrodigi Chaucer, Aquafadas, …)
•Japan has holistically adopted EPUB 3
•EPUB being adopted for both trade eBooks and e-Manga
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• EPUB Working Group (overall umbrella / coordination)
• EPUB 3.0.1 update: in final member approval process now
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• W3C Digital Publications Activity – collaboration
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• Readium SDK (EPUB 3 support for native apps) – first adopting products
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• iOS
• Runtime: v. 6.x +
• Tooling: XCode 5 +
• OSX
• Runtime: v. 10.6 +
• Tooling: XCode 5 +
• Android
• WebKit: 4.x +
• Runtime: 4.x +
• Tooling: Android NDK/ADT 19+
• Windows Desktop
• Runtime: Windows 7/8
• Tooling: Visual Studio 13 +
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• Chrome Extension
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• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Firefox
• Opera
• Platform Support
• iOS
• OSX
• Windows
• Android
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and rights for works we own or that are in the public domain
• Increase readership by removing barriers to lawful access that
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technology industry
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• Provide alternative outlet to publishers where monopolistic
forces reduce customer access and choice
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• eBook circulation OPDS for Libraries (outside of Readium formally but in
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license regime:
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comprising a “platform”
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• Platforms generally exhibit “lock-in”
• Switching costs
• Network effects
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23. • Lower barriers to entry
• Lower switching costs between providers of
platform components
• Same tools, skills applicable across platforms
• Promotes competition among multiple
implementations of a given architecture
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solely a single platform provider
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24.
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26. EPUB Platform and Libraries
•A unified distribution standard for all text-centric content (books, serials,
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innovation, and ensure an interoperable open ecosystem
•The Open Web Platform (HTML5) is the right foundation
•EPUB is becoming the accepted standard for reliable, accessible
portable documents for the Web Platform
•We need to ensure that library requirements are well-integrated with
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•Cross-organization global collaboration necessary for success
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