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un_pogaz · 11-10-2019, 01:47 PM

I have no idea who created this ePub, when and with which software.
The last known software to have touched this ePub is Caliber0.8.44 in 2012.
Is he the culprit? Unlikely but to be seen.

I agree that this ePub does not respect the standard, but I think that "old" ePubs like this one, were created by software, which at the time was only at the premise of what it is today.
And I think that this mistake is in many more books than we think, simply, it has remained unnoticed all this time.
Because this error is incredibly subtle: from an XML point of view it is not an error!
And until now it was not even known and treated as such. It was just fixed because we were in the right sequence of method and treatment.

11-10-2019, 01:47 PM	#28
un_pogaz Chalut o/ Posts: 452 Karma: 678910 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: Kobo	I have no idea who created this ePub, when and with which software. The last known software to have touched this ePub is Caliber0.8.44 in 2012. Is he the culprit? Unlikely but to be seen. I agree that this ePub does not respect the standard, but I think that "old" ePubs like this one, were created by software, which at the time was only at the premise of what it is today. And I think that this mistake is in many more books than we think, simply, it has remained unnoticed all this time. Because this error is incredibly subtle: from an XML point of view it is not an error! And until now it was not even known and treated as such. It was just fixed because we were in the right sequence of method and treatment. Last edited by un_pogaz; 11-10-2019 at 02:03 PM.