On 25 April 2011 10:40, drew <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-04-25 at 11:17 +0200, CaStarCo wrote: > > 2011/4/25 Italo Vignoli <[email protected]> > > > > > On 04/25/2011 08:59 AM, todd rme wrote: > > > > > > Sounds like latex > > >> > > > > > > Apart from discussions on the characteristics of the file format, > ebooks > > > are definitely outside the scope of The Document Foundation. There are > > > already several organizations working around ebooks, and taking care of > the > > > related problems. > > > > > <snip> > > > > > Wich organizations? I think that if we have to trust that these > > organizations will innovate we are going to wait a very long time. I know > > that I am not a guru and not and expert, but I think that this work is > not > > impossible.. then, why the actual ebooks are that set of static crap? why > > it's so difficult to make technic books for ebook readers? the usage of > > semantic data is restricted in a very poor set of cases... and the > > "standard" format EPUB is very Spartan. > > > > <snip> > > > I was writting to the OpenDocument Foundation > > Close - but not quite - this is a list for The Document Foundation. > > The OpenDocument standard is overseen by a different organization, OASIS > - http://www.oasis-open.org/ > > > because i thought it was a > > little more than LibreOffice... It's only LibreOffice? > > I hope that it will be eventually. > > Thanks > > Drew Jensen >
I think this is a very interesting issue. We are moving from the dominant technologies that were designed to put information on paper to the dominant need of presenting information on screens. With the revolution in digital readers this is only going to increase and then what relevance has document formats that are primarily designed to target hard copy output? If odf does not adapt it will become obsolete. I am constantly irritated by having to download pdfs, .docs and so on when all I want to do is view the information without cluttering up my download area with hundreds of files that only ever get glanced at. In most of these cases simply putting the info in a web page would do and if it really needs printing, print that page or create a pdf from it. Even if we are not there yet, most information in the future will never get printed to hard copy and that is going to be more the case as time goes on. LO and odf have to be adapt. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQ www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
