Participants in this thread might be interested in/should be reminded of the recent "Beyond the PDF 2" #btpdf2 conference in Amsterdam; see the "Outcomes" page at: http://www.force11.org/outcomes
I mention this partly because themes from that conference are emerging in this thread, and because some of the leading thinkers/workers in the areas mentioned here spoke there... John On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Alexander Garcia Castro <alexgarc...@gmail.com> wrote: > just out of curiosity, what would the publication workflow like for authors? > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Andrea Splendiani > <andrea.splendi...@iscb.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> ok. Let's see if we can offer xhtml+RDFa as an additional format, and see >> how people react. I'll spread the idea a bit. >> >> best, >> Andrea >> >> Il giorno 27/apr/2013, alle ore 23:05, Sarven Capadisli <i...@csarven.ca> ha >> scritto: >> >>> On 04/27/2013 02:31 AM, Andrea Splendiani wrote: >>>> I'm involved in the organization of a couple of conferences and workshops. >>>> You do need a template, as without this it's hard to have homogenous >>>> submissions (even for simple things as page, or html equivalent, length). >>>> Other than this, the main issue I could see is that proceedings may >>>> require pdf anyway. >>>> But we could make a partial step and ask for abstract in xhtml+rdfa, to be >>>> included in the online program, and full papers in xthml+RDFa as an >>>> optional submission. >>>> It's a small step, but a first step. >>>> I'm very short on time, but if there is a template, I can see if the idea >>>> finds some interest. >>>> I have to admit that asking for PDFs sounds a bit retro! >>> >>> Challenge accepted! >>> >>> Here is the egg in XHTML+RDFa with CSS for LNCS and ACM SIG: >>> >>> https://github.com/csarven/linked-research >>> >>> See live: >>> >>> http://linked-research.270a.info/ >>> >>> Will you provide the chicken? :D >>> >>> I got it as close to LNCS template as possible for now. ACM SIG is on its >>> way - (change stylesheet from lncs.css to acmsig.css to see current state). >>> >>> I know it is not perfect, however I think it is a decent start. Best viewed >>> in Firefox/Chrom(e|ium). Print to paper, or PDF from your browser to see >>> alternative views. What do you think? >>> >>> Now, before some of you pixel-perfectionist folks yell at me, please first >>> chillax and create an issue at GitHub. Or better yet, contribute with pull >>> requests. It is using Apache License 2.0. But, all feedback is most welcome! >>> >>> I still don't think this is main challenge. We need "go ahead"s from >>> conferences, then we can hack up the best templates and stylesheets that >>> this universe has ever seen. >>> >>> -Sarven >>> >> >> > > > > -- > Alexander Garcia > http://www.alexandergarcia.name/ > http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/75943.html > http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgarciac > -- John S. Erickson, Ph.D. Director, Web Science Operations Tetherless World Constellation (RPI) <http://tw.rpi.edu> <olyerick...@gmail.com> Twitter & Skype: olyerickson
