ePub: meta information

[Michael Wiedmann-2]

What would be the preferred way to add meta information (like  
"dc:description",
"dc:identifier", "dc:title", or "dc:language") given that the input file
might not contain the necessary information?

Should I simply override the "opf" template"?

Michael
PS: Some TeX guys asked me about how to convert LaTeX files to ePub.  
My suggestion probably will be to use "tex4ht" to convert the source  
files to
DocBook and further to ePub using the ePub support in the actual DocBook XSL
stylesheets. A first attempt was very promising, but the converted  
DocBook file
doesn't contain the (wanted) meta information.



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[Keith Fahlgren-3]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Michael Wiedmann<mw@...> wrote:
> What would be the preferred way to add meta information (like
> "dc:description",
> "dc:identifier", "dc:title", or "dc:language") given that the input file
> might not contain the necessary information?

Sorry, I don't understand where this data would come from.

Currently,
dc:title comes from $doc.title
dc:description comes from the abstract
dc:language comes from the l10n.language of the root note
dc:identifier comes from an identifier found on /*/*info (look at the
template for the options)

> Should I simply override the "opf" template"?

That would probably be the easiest way.

> PS: Some TeX guys asked me about how to convert LaTeX files to ePub. My
> suggestion probably will be to use "tex4ht" to convert the source files to
> DocBook and further to ePub using the ePub support in the actual DocBook XSL
> stylesheets. A first attempt was very promising, but the converted DocBook
> file doesn't contain the (wanted) meta information.

It may be easier for them to go to XHTML, I dunno.


Keith

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[Bob Stayton]

Hi,
On the DocBook side, the following reference to a page in the DocBook 4.2
specification lists the DocBook equivalents for Dublin Core metadata
elements:

http://www.docbook.org/specs/cs-docbook-docbook-4.2.html#d0e652

If you also need to use Dublin Core qualifiers, then there are attributes on
those elements that cover most of the qualifiers listed in the original
Dublin Core Qualifiers document.

You'd have to investigate how the epub stylesheet handles these.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@...


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From: "Michael Wiedmann" <mw@...>
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Subject: [docbook-apps] ePub: meta information

> What would be the preferred way to add meta information (like
> "dc:description",
> "dc:identifier", "dc:title", or "dc:language") given that the input file
> might not contain the necessary information?
>
> Should I simply override the "opf" template"?
>
> Michael
> PS: Some TeX guys asked me about how to convert LaTeX files to ePub.  My
> suggestion probably will be to use "tex4ht" to convert the source  files
> to
> DocBook and further to ePub using the ePub support in the actual DocBook
> XSL
> stylesheets. A first attempt was very promising, but the converted
> DocBook file
> doesn't contain the (wanted) meta information.
>
>
>
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[Michael Wiedmann-2]

Keith Fahlgren wrote, on 18.06.2009 17:41:

> Sorry, I don't understand where this data would come from.

Some of this data might be part of the original Latex file (but might
not be converted to appropriate DocBook elements). As a last resort
there is always the possibility to add this data using a custom
stylesheet (disadvantage: no generic solution).

>> Should I simply override the "opf" template"?
>
> That would probably be the easiest way.

OK, I'll try this with one of the more complex sample files.

> It may be easier for them to go to XHTML, I dunno.

But then we/they have to reinvent the wheel (generate the OPF, NCX file,
etc.) - DocBook XSL does already most of the necessary work.

Thanks
Michael

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