[Booki-dev] epub as data exchange format

[Douglas Bagnall]

Adam wrote:

> thanks for this. I wasnt thinking of objavi->booki data exchange but
> establishing epub as the format for imports. as it stands, we can take
> epubs and make booki files, so if we tell anyone wanting to make an
> importer for booki that they just need to deliver us epubs then we have
> retained the flexibility to change the internal data format of our
> system and its potentially an easier dev pathway for 'external'
> developers given that there are some existing conversion tools available
> for conversion to epub.
> 
> so, for example, if ck-12 wanted to import content into booki, rather
> than say they need to give us their files in our format we ask them to
> give us epubs...
> 
> this means also that we put the emphasis on developing our importer to
> handle epubs very well which in turn opens up more possibilities for
> exchanging content with other projects
> 
> what do you think?


Ah, OK.  That makes some sense.

We shouldn't stick too determinedly to epub though, as it isn't and
might never be widely used (I mean, not even Wikibooks could export epub
until Jan did it for them).

It would be good to work out a workable pathway from docbook and TeX,
whether or not it goes through epub.

Douglas