EPUB as publication format in Open Access journals Workflow and tools
Tor Arne Dahl, Trude Eikebrokk and Siri Kessel, 03.10.2012 Gold standard: EPUB
— Open standard — Built on web standards (XHTML and CSS) — Reflowable — Accessible — Supported by many digital reading devices
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012 Problem: Workflow
— Microsoft Word the main tool — PDF main publication format — No EPUB or XML skills
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012 Same workflow, new tools?
— EPUB conversion tools — Calibre — Sigil — Writer2ePub — Adobe InDesign — Conclusion: Not good enough!
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012 XML source format: JATS 1.0
— NLM Journal Publishing Tag Set Version 3.0 — PubMed Central — PLOS (Public Library of Science) — Free XSLT conversion tools to HTML and XSL-FO (PDF) — Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS), version 1.0 — NISO standard (9 August 2012) — Upgraded conversion tools will follow
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012 New workflow
Transform XHTML Source: 1.1 EPUB Convert JATS MOBI XML XSLT (Kindle)
CSS
Copy
Microsoft Convert Word PDF
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012 Time measures
Article Old workflow (hours) New workflow (hours) Saks, 2012 3 ½ Nygaard 2012 4 ¾ 9 Kallberg 2012 2 ½ Spehar & Kjekshus, 2012 2 ¼ Abrahamsen, Holte & 8 ¾ Laine, 2012 Sum 9 21 ¾
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012 References
— Abrahamsen, B., Holte, K. A., & Laine, M. (2012). Work–Family Interference: Nurses in Norway and Finland. Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 60–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.19 — Kallberg, M. (2012). Archivists - A Profession in Transition? Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 27–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.158 — Nygaard, P. (2012). Professional Autonomy versus Corporate Control. Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 11–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.164 — Saks, M. (2012). Defining a Profession: The Role of Knowledge and Expertise. Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.151 — Spehar, I., & Kjekshus, L. E. (2012). Medical Management in Norwegian Hospitals. Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 42– 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.178
Presentasjonens tittel 28.09.2012 Resources
— Calibre ebook management: http://calibre-ebook.com/ — EPUB 2.0.1 specification: http://idpf.org/epub/201 — Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS), version 1.0: http://www.niso.org/workrooms/journalmarkup — Professions & Professionalism, (2)1: http://journals.hioa.no/index.php/pp/issue/view/60 — Professions & Professionalism, (2)1, new formats: https://ojs- test.hio.no/index.php/pp/index — Sigil – a WYSIWYG ebook editor: http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ — Writer2ePub – OpenOffice extension: http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/Writer2ePub — XSLT tools for NLM Journal Publishing Tag Set 3.0: http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/tools/tools.html
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012