A digital-first authoring environment for enriched e-books using EPUB 3

Information Services and Use

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 259-268

  De Meester, Ben ^a   De Nies, Tom ^a   Ghaem Sigarchian, Hajar ^a   Vander Sande, Miel ^a   Van Campen, Jelle ^a   Van Impe, Bram ^a   De Neve, Wesley ^a,b   Mannens, Erik ^a   Van De Walle, Rik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Authoring environment; EPUB 3; Open Web standards

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

AUTHORING ENVIRONMENTS; CONTENT PROVIDERS; DIGITAL VERSIONS; ELECTRONIC VERSIONS; EPUB 3; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; WEB STANDARDS;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 84913591190     PISSN: 01675265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ISU-140748     Document Type: Article

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