Project Goals
Keith Fahlgren
To start moving this project forward, would you please define the key
goals of this project, the deliverables you'd like to see, and the
particular players you'd like to target initially?
Marc's already started a draft:
"""
This document describes the Open Publication Distribution System
(OPDS) an application of the Atom Syndication Format intended to
enable content creators and distributors to distribute digital books
via a simple catalog format. This format is designed works
interoperably across multiple desktop and device software programs for
acquiring and consuming eBooks ("Reading Systems"). The focus of this
document is to outline the requirements for preparing catalogs for use
by compatible Reading Systems; formal compliance requirements for
Reading Systems will be documented elsewhere. This application of Atom
was initially defined and implemented by Lexcycle for the Stanza
application.
"""
http://code.google.com/p/openpub/
I'd like more specifics on who and what we might mean by "distribute
digital books" and "content creators and distributors." Ingram
Digital? Small presses? International presses? Libraries?
Self-publishers? Blogs?
Thanks,
Keith