On 8 February 2012 17:26, Jim Adcock <jimad@msn.com> wrote:
EPUB is a wonderful display format. It is NOT a master format.
Well, you would have to define what *you* mean by "master format" since clearly your idea of what a "master format" is is different from mine.
It's generally accepted that a master format is one from which other formats are generated. This is analogous to a master tape in music, or a master reel in cinema.
Not sure what you mean by a "display format." I can clearly see that PDF is a display format, and HP Printer Code is a display format.
EPUB is defined as a delivery format, rather than a display format: it's meant to (more or less) coordinate how the various files in other formats (HTML, SSML, OpenType, etc.) form a book. (HP's PCL is actually not a display format -- it's not meant to be displayed, after all -- it's a programming language, as is Adobe's Postscript).
By "master format" I means something that can be used to provide 100% of the information needed to create a "real book"
I can see how you would arrive at that idea, if you've never been introduced to the term (and it makes some of your other pronouncements a lot less... odd), but 'master format' is an accepted term, and it seems quite clear that it's what everyone else has in mind. -- <Sefam> Are any of the mentors around? <jimregan> yes, they're the ones trolling you