Any support for Epubcfi

tkirke · 10-23-2012, 04:11 PM

Are any vendors supporting epubcfi?
Is there a general issue as to why this isn't being supported on devices such as ipad?
Apple doesn't seem to be responding to questions about it related to iBooks

AlPe · 10-24-2012, 03:56 PM

Some readers do export notes using EPUB CFI (my Odyssey appears to do that way), but AFAIK there are no tools out there.

Some authoring tools support OPML.

Don't expect Apple to embrace an open standard. iBooks 3 does not support OPML either.

Jim Lester · 10-27-2012, 12:39 PM

ADE doesn't use CFI's per se for storing annotations and reading positions - but it's really close: instead of specifying the spine item by xpath it does it by name, however the rest of the ADE location is an xpath in CFI style. So if you have the .opf file for the book, it is a trivial transformation between ADE style locations and a CFI.

Note1: the reason for the two styles is that the ADE method predates, and informed, the CFI spec.

Note2: this also means that most RMSDK based readers will be using the same location strings at least internally for positioning, although there may be no file system way of getting those locations.

Note3: RMSDK 9.3.1 also added direct support for CFIs, if the vendor chooses to use it.

AlPe · 10-27-2012, 05:25 PM

Wow, thanks for these very interesting chunks of information.

As per Note2, I think the Cybook Odyssey allows you to get your notes exactly returning the RMSDK format.

10-23-2012, 04:11 PM	#1
tkirke Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony	Any support for Epubcfi Are any vendors supporting epubcfi? Is there a general issue as to why this isn't being supported on devices such as ipad? Apple doesn't seem to be responding to questions about it related to iBooks

10-27-2012, 12:39 PM	#3
Jim Lester Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 14682 Join Date: May 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Device: Nook HD, Nook for Windows 8	ADE doesn't use CFI's per se for storing annotations and reading positions - but it's really close: instead of specifying the spine item by xpath it does it by name, however the rest of the ADE location is an xpath in CFI style. So if you have the .opf file for the book, it is a trivial transformation between ADE style locations and a CFI. Note1: the reason for the two styles is that the ADE method predates, and informed, the CFI spec. Note2: this also means that most RMSDK based readers will be using the same location strings at least internally for positioning, although there may be no file system way of getting those locations. Note3: RMSDK 9.3.1 also added direct support for CFIs, if the vendor chooses to use it. Last edited by Jim Lester; 10-28-2012 at 11:56 AM. Reason: Grammar

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10-24-2012, 03:56 PM	#2
AlPe Digital Amanuensis Posts: 727 Karma: 1446357 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Turin, Italy Device: Several eReaders and tablets	Some readers do export notes using EPUB CFI (my Odyssey appears to do that way), but AFAIK there are no tools out there. Some authoring tools support OPML. Don't expect Apple to embrace an open standard. iBooks 3 does not support OPML either.

10-27-2012, 05:25 PM	#4
AlPe Digital Amanuensis Posts: 727 Karma: 1446357 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Turin, Italy Device: Several eReaders and tablets	Wow, thanks for these very interesting chunks of information. As per Note2, I think the Cybook Odyssey allows you to get your notes exactly returning the RMSDK format.

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