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making HTML or XHTML out of XML was also "wrong" by your lights?
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We are talking about primitive readers which rely on HTML for displaying book pages. The quality readers can process XML directly, giving the better results due to the element standardization and rigid roles.
No, the colophon in a physical (e-)book.
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eBook makers can also just plop their ePUB2 files into Calibre, and tag the holy carp out of it, using DC metadata and made-up metadata.
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They cannot do that, because the metadata scheme offered by EPUB allows you to specify such archimportant roles as 'illuminator' and 'accountant', but none that you find in any printed book.
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how many ePUBs do you see that have NO metadata at ALL?
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The EPUB problem is that it cannot be used for the quality work. The EPUBs being result of automatic TXT->EPUB conversion are irrelevant to discussion.
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$700 for commercial or business use?
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There is several FREE E-book WYSIWYG editors. Whether the underlying format is XHTML or custom XML is not important.
As for InDesign and co. EPUB export, the result should be massively tweaked to ensure the quality and compatible output. That is not different and no more difficult.
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HTML is far closer to this is than using SCHEMA. XML is as far from art--further than HTML
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You don't need 'art' while creating books. You need to provide semantics, and the reader software will do the rest.
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No,see--this is how I know you aren't really working in XML.
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Most of my E-books are in XML format. An old, incomplete format, but it doesn't mean the new, optimal one can be designed.
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You ARE talking about TEX, aren't you?
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TEX is not a semantic format (and hardly a format at all).
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For an actual, real-live commercial bookmaker--like me--your idea doesn't save me one moment of time. It doesn't give the bookmaker ANYTHING.
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The books are not created for bookmakers, they are created for distributors, who need proper metadata, and end users, who need a standardized format with high customization and predictable formatting, and obviously, proper metadata too.
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Given that all you seem to care about is the metadata--not really the structure of the book at ALL
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I care about the useable format, with the semantic structure included.