Hi, Lloyd: Thanks for the expert assessment. This is very helpful. Perhaps we can move them into greater conformance, if that doesn't create problems. I should add that I also have no doubt that there will be player implementations for Z39.86 both on Linux and on Windows before the year is out. I regard it my job to try and steer all of these toward standards conformance to the extent possible. On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Lloyd G. Rasmussen wrote: > I have looked at some public-domain books from Bookshare in the "Daisy" > format. They are NISO XML, built according to the draft of Z39.86 that > existed late last year. They have an accompanying SMIL file, automatically > generated, a package file and an NCX. The NCX references are to pages, not > to headings. Text is marked up into paragraphs and page breaks. The > Windows beta APH player can play them, for the most part. I applaud what > they have done so far. We must remember that all sorts of documents can be > NISO-compliant. Probably David Pawson or another XSLT or PERL guru could > write a program that generates text. Duxbury already has a NISO XML import > facility. It, also, is not quite up-to-date with the way Z39.86 came out, > but it is still useful. > > At 02:12 PM 6/14/02 -0400, you wrote: > >On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > >> David, > >> How would you separate pages with anchor text? > >> After all, Daisy must have some means of indicating page breaks and page > >> numbers, and I think it's XML. > > > > > >John and David: > > > >No, no, the new spec is XML exclusively. The existing DAISY 2.02 > >spec, which is the protocol governing all DAISY distributions in > >place today--from Sweden, Japan, the U.K., and soon from > >RFB&D--is all DAISY 2.02 which is partly XHTML. In point of fact, > >text representations in DAISY 2.02 are XHTML, not XML. > > > >Only the new ANSI Z39.86 spec is fully XML and there are yet no > >implementations based on it, as there are yet no authoring tools, > >validators, user agents, or even reference books. > > > >We will see what it is that Book Share actually does with DAISY. > >I, frankly, haven't looked for myself. > > Braille is the solution to the digital divide. > Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer > National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped > Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <lras@loc.gov> > <http://www.loc.gov/nls> > HOME: <lras@sprynet.com> <http://lras.home.sprynet.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org