EDUPUB

Chang · 04-28-2014, 06:05 AM

Does somebody know something about EDUPUB? I've tried to google for it but couldn't find so much information about it so it's still a bit mystery what it is and how it works. There has been some seminars about it and some PDF files from those seminars are available but those doesn't give so much information without the speech of the presenter.

I understood that the EDUPUB specification is still unfinished. This presentation PDF file should give some answers but I still don't understand how EDUPUB is different from EPUB3. I understood it uses EPUB3 standard but there are something more built around it.

Please share if you know what is EDUPUB and how it works. Also share your comments and thoughts will EDUPUB be used in the future or is it another useless standard being built.

Toxaris · 04-28-2014, 06:28 AM

The EDUPUB format/initiative comes from the IDPF educational community. Its purpose is to adapt the functionality of the ePUB3 tailored for educational publishing.
An EDUPUB would be a valide ePUB3, but not vice versa.

Personally I would rather have them working on have the ePUB3 format improved before creating these kind of things. Most of the bad things are there because of Apple (and some others) and this one seems to be driven (at least partially) by O'Reily.

odedta · 04-28-2014, 12:45 PM

As it says in the slide:

Quote:

EPUB Widgets 1.0
‣ Video and Audio

‣ Popup

‣ Image gallery

‣ Multiple choice or true/false quiz

‣ Text resizer

‣ Scrolling sidebar

That pretty much sums up the functionality of this format. From what I've seen those EPUBs usually contain Javascript files for interactivity, as Toxaris mentioned, those would probably work best on the iPad.
This page: http://www.infogridpacific.com/blog/...the-world.html
Is a great example of an Educational EPUB.

04-28-2014, 06:05 AM	#1
Chang Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 50000 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	EDUPUB Does somebody know something about EDUPUB? I've tried to google for it but couldn't find so much information about it so it's still a bit mystery what it is and how it works. There has been some seminars about it and some PDF files from those seminars are available but those doesn't give so much information without the speech of the presenter. I understood that the EDUPUB specification is still unfinished. This presentation PDF file should give some answers but I still don't understand how EDUPUB is different from EPUB3. I understood it uses EPUB3 standard but there are something more built around it. Please share if you know what is EDUPUB and how it works. Also share your comments and thoughts will EDUPUB be used in the future or is it another useless standard being built.

04-28-2014, 06:28 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	The EDUPUB format/initiative comes from the IDPF educational community. Its purpose is to adapt the functionality of the ePUB3 tailored for educational publishing. An EDUPUB would be a valide ePUB3, but not vice versa. Personally I would rather have them working on have the ePUB3 format improved before creating these kind of things. Most of the bad things are there because of Apple (and some others) and this one seems to be driven (at least partially) by O'Reily.