PROBLEM VALIDATION APPLE IBOOKSTORE

Ibn · 06-09-2012, 01:08 PM

Hi everybody,
Please i really need your help,
I have created an epub with sigil and the book works great in my Ipad. Sigil validates the book (no errors) but when i submit it to the Applestore the validation process founds some errors in the book :

ERROR ITMS-9000: "OEBPS/Text/Section0001.xhtml(6): element "head" incomplete; missing required element "title". This error occurs 6 times." at Book (MZItmspBookPackage)
ERROR ITMS-9000: "OEBPS/Text/Section0003.xhtml(16): element "blockquote" incomplete; expected element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"). This error occurs 2 times." at Book (MZItmspBookPackage)

Itunesproducer (the apple tool to submit ebooks) proposes to repair the e-pub i submit but i don't know if it repairs it correctly. I prefer to do it myself.
Thank you very much for your help,
Ibn

Toxaris · 06-09-2012, 02:33 PM

The first one is simple. You miss the <title></title> in your files. It does not do anything, but it must be there.
The second can be various. I think you are misusing the blockquote. If you can post the lines 13 to 19 we should be able to tell you more.

Ibn · 06-09-2012, 04:14 PM

Thank you very much Toxaris, i managed to solve the first title error with your help.
For the blockquote error you'll find below the lines of the section0003 in my epub. I replace the copyrighted text by "TEXT" or TEXT :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

<title>Epigraphes</title>
<style type="text/css">
/*<![CDATA[*/

@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; }
/*]]>*/
</style>
</head>

<body class="calibre">
<p class="sgc">« TEXT »</p>

<p class="sgc">TEXT</p>

<blockquote class="sgc1">
<p class="sgc2"><br class="calibre2" /></p>
</blockquote>

<blockquote class="sgc1"></blockquote>

<blockquote class="sgc1"></blockquote>

<div class="calibre4">
<span class="calibre5">« TEXT »<br class="calibre2" /></span>
</div>

<blockquote class="sgc1">
<div class="calibre6">
<span class="calibre5">TEXT</span>
</div>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>

Many thanks,
Ibn

Toxaris · 06-09-2012, 04:35 PM

If I remember correctly, a blockquotes is not allowed to contain <p></p> tags.

DiapDealer · 06-09-2012, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxaris

If I remember correctly, a blockquotes is not allowed to contain <p></p> tags.

Actually, for XHTML, the contents of blockquotes are supposed to be wrapped in other block elements (p, div, h, ul, ol, dl, etc..), but I have no idea about the ePub or iBooks specifications.

JSWolf · 06-09-2012, 04:56 PM

Code:

<blockquote class="sgc1">
<div class="calibre6">
<span class="calibre5">TEXT</span>
</div>
</blockquote>

The problem is the div. It should be...

Code:

<blockquote class="sgc1">
<p class="calibre6"><span class="calibre5">TEXT</span></p>
</blockquote>

DiapDealer · 06-09-2012, 05:05 PM

Is that an iBooks thing Jon? I only ask because:

Code:

<blockquote class="sgc1">
<div class="calibre6">
<span class="calibre5">TEXT</span>
</div>
</blockquote>

doesn't break any XHTML rules as I understand them.

JSWolf · 06-09-2012, 05:08 PM

The div is the only thing I can see that could maybe cause a problem. Besides, can't hurt to try converting it into a p and see if it fixes things.

Well, maybe the BR is an issue. Dunno for sure.

DiapDealer · 06-09-2012, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Besides, can't hurt to try converting it into a p and see if it fixes things.

Oh, I agree. I just thought maybe you knew something specific about that being an iBooks quirk.

JSWolf · 06-09-2012, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Oh, I agree. I just thought maybe you knew something specific about that being an iBooks quirk.

If I had the actual ePub, I could try it with iBooks and see what happens.

mmat1 · 06-09-2012, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ibn

ERROR ITMS-9000: "OEBPS/Text/Section0003.xhtml(16): element "blockquote" incomplete; expected element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"). This error occurs 2 times." at Book (MZItmspBookPackage)

I got the same message with epubcheck, it refers to the two empty blockquote statements.

Code:

<blockquote class="sgc1"></blockquote>

If you fill in some contents such as "<p> </p>", the message is gone.

DiapDealer · 06-09-2012, 05:51 PM

Well that was easy enough. Really no sense in having empty blockquotes anyway.

06-09-2012, 01:08 PM	#1
Ibn Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: ipad	PROBLEM VALIDATION APPLE IBOOKSTORE Hi everybody, Please i really need your help, I have created an epub with sigil and the book works great in my Ipad. Sigil validates the book (no errors) but when i submit it to the Applestore the validation process founds some errors in the book : ERROR ITMS-9000: "OEBPS/Text/Section0001.xhtml(6): element "head" incomplete; missing required element "title". This error occurs 6 times." at Book (MZItmspBookPackage) ERROR ITMS-9000: "OEBPS/Text/Section0003.xhtml(16): element "blockquote" incomplete; expected element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"). This error occurs 2 times." at Book (MZItmspBookPackage) Itunesproducer (the apple tool to submit ebooks) proposes to repair the e-pub i submit but i don't know if it repairs it correctly. I prefer to do it myself. Thank you very much for your help, Ibn

06-09-2012, 04:56 PM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,986 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Code: <blockquote class="sgc1"> <div class="calibre6"> <span class="calibre5">TEXT</span> </div> </blockquote> The problem is the div. It should be... Code: <blockquote class="sgc1"> <p class="calibre6"><span class="calibre5">TEXT</span></p> </blockquote>

06-09-2012, 05:05 PM	#7
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,341 Karma: 203719646 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Is that an iBooks thing Jon? I only ask because: Code: <blockquote class="sgc1"> <div class="calibre6"> <span class="calibre5">TEXT</span> </div> </blockquote> doesn't break any XHTML rules as I understand them.

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06-09-2012, 02:33 PM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	The first one is simple. You miss the <title></title> in your files. It does not do anything, but it must be there. The second can be various. I think you are misusing the blockquote. If you can post the lines 13 to 19 we should be able to tell you more.

06-09-2012, 04:14 PM	#3
Ibn Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: ipad	Thank you very much Toxaris, i managed to solve the first title error with your help. For the blockquote error you'll find below the lines of the section0003 in my epub. I replace the copyrighted text by "TEXT" or TEXT : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <title>Epigraphes</title> <style type="text/css"> /<![CDATA[/ @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } /]]>/ </style> </head> <body class="calibre"> <p class="sgc">« TEXT »</p> <p class="sgc">TEXT</p> <blockquote class="sgc1"> <p class="sgc2"><br class="calibre2" /></p> </blockquote> <blockquote class="sgc1"></blockquote> <blockquote class="sgc1"></blockquote> <div class="calibre4"> <span class="calibre5">« TEXT »<br class="calibre2" /></span> </div> <blockquote class="sgc1"> <div class="calibre6"> <span class="calibre5">TEXT</span> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html> Many thanks, Ibn

06-09-2012, 04:35 PM	#4
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	If I remember correctly, a blockquotes is not allowed to contain <p></p> tags.

06-09-2012, 05:08 PM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,986 Karma: 144284074 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The div is the only thing I can see that could maybe cause a problem. Besides, can't hurt to try converting it into a p and see if it fixes things. Well, maybe the BR is an issue. Dunno for sure.

06-09-2012, 05:51 PM	#12
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,341 Karma: 203719646 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Well that was easy enough. Really no sense in having empty blockquotes anyway.

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