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1 Unfix Fixed Layout! W3C Workshop on Digital Publication Layout and Presentation (from Manga to Magazines) Tokyo, September 18-19th, 2018 Luc Audrain Head of digitalization Hachette Livre 09/18/2018 2 Speaking from Hachette Livre


  1. 1 Unfix Fixed Layout! ì W3C Workshop on Digital Publication Layout and Presentation (from Manga to Magazines) ì Tokyo, September 18-19th, 2018 ì Luc Audrain Head of digitalization Hachette Livre 09/18/2018

  2. 2 Speaking from Hachette Livre ì First publishing group in France, 6 th worldwide (2017) ì Digital distributor, group and third party publishers ì IDPF (2011) and now W3C member ì Deeply engaged in future of digital publishing ì Committed to business cases based on standards in files ì formats and distribution processes founding member of EDRLab ì Institutional organizations support ì Good balance between standards ì and publishing industry needs 09/18/2018

  3. 3 EPUB Fixed Layout, an overview ì Samples of EPUB FXL publications ì EPUB FXL did allow for these digital publications ì 2 types of EPUB FXL ì FXL Text: searchable text and image ì FXL Image: image only 09/18/2018

  4. 4 EPUB FXL specifications • Metadata for Fixed Layout publications specified March 2012 • Based on synthesis of former proprietary approaches Inc. spread support & control • 09/18/2018

  5. 5 How FXL uses Web technologies ì Each content file has a single 2D box with a viewport definition ì One “page” ì All content files have the same viewport ì Content object are positioned in the viewport with CSS absolute coordinates ì Each piece of content (text, image, etc) has x,y coordinates ì May also have a z-coordinate to allow for layers 09/18/2018

  6. 6 Building FXL files : the EPUB spine ì Content files called in the EPUB spine follow different strategies ì HTML body/section/img ì HTML/svg/image ì SVG/image ì Content files are stitched together 2 by 2 ì Synthetic spreads ì properties="page-spread-right" and "page-spread- left" ì double “pages” 09/18/2018

  7. 7 Digital Sequential Art ì Authors creativity Digital graphic art exists from the very beginning of ì computing ì Even using characters interfaces: https://www.asciimation.co.nz/ Sequential art is now flourishing in digital form ì ì Turbo media ì Webtoons ì Applications 09/18/2018

  8. 8 A worldwide dynamic growing market 09/18/2018

  9. 9 A worldwide dynamic growing market 09/18/2018

  10. 10 Issues / hopes EPUB FXL issues ì Isn’t responsive, isn’t webby ì Isn’t accessible for visually impaired people ì Looses content intelligence (semantics) ì Publisher/author’s layout vs RS layout for user ì Visual narratives in a digital form issues ì No international standard ì Hopes ì Boost authors creativity within standard formats that publishers can ì support and distribute everywhere This workshop is the place to foster that ideal future ì 09/18/2018

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