MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - [Plugin] ePub3-itizer

DiapDealer · 08-17-2017, 08:57 AM

I've been seeing more and more commercial EPUBs that contain empty dc metadata:

Code:

<dc:contributor/>
<dc:description/>
<dc:coverage/>
<dc:source/>

(a Sigil edit/save changes these to
<dc:contributor />
<dc:description />
<dc:coverage />
<dc:source />)

EpubCheck for EPUB2 doesn't seem to care about these empty metadata items, but it considers them errors in an EPUB3.

Code:

Col: 37: ERROR(RSC-005): Error while parsing file 'character content of element "dc:contributor" invalid; must be a string with length at least 1 (actual length was 0)'.

Do you think the plugin should remove these empty items upon conversion, or do you think it's better to let the user clean them up themselves before or after using the plugin?

08-17-2017, 08:57 AM	#243
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,657 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I've been seeing more and more commercial EPUBs that contain empty dc metadata: Code: <dc:contributor/> <dc:description/> <dc:coverage/> <dc:source/> (a Sigil edit/save changes these to <dc:contributor /> <dc:description /> <dc:coverage /> <dc:source />) EpubCheck for EPUB2 doesn't seem to care about these empty metadata items, but it considers them errors in an EPUB3. Code: Col: 37: ERROR(RSC-005): Error while parsing file 'character content of element "dc:contributor" invalid; must be a string with length at least 1 (actual length was 0)'. Do you think the plugin should remove these empty items upon conversion, or do you think it's better to let the user clean them up themselves before or after using the plugin?