Presentation at Emtacl12, Trondheim, Norway, 3 October 2012

1. EPUB as publication format in
Open Access journals
Workflow and tools
Tor Arne Dahl, Trude Eikebrokk and Siri Kessel, 03.10.2012

2. Gold standard: EPUB
— Open standard
— Built on web standards (XHTML and CSS)
— Reflowable
— Accessible
— Supported by many digital reading devices
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012

3. Problem: Workflow
— Microsoft Word the main tool
— PDF main publication format
— No EPUB or XML skills
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012

4. Same workflow, new tools?
— EPUB conversion tools
— Calibre
— Sigil
— Writer2ePub
— Adobe InDesign
— Conclusion: Not good enough!
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5. XML source format: JATS 1.0
— NLM Journal Publishing Tag Set Version 3.0
— PubMed Central
— PLOS (Public Library of Science)
— Free XSLT conversion tools to HTML and XSL-FO (PDF)
— Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS), version 1.0
— NISO standard (9 August 2012)
— Upgraded conversion tools will follow
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6. New workflow
Transform XHTML
Source: 1.1 EPUB Convert
JATS MOBI
XML XSLT
(Kindle)
CSS
Copy
Microsoft Convert
Word PDF
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7. Time measures
Article Old workflow (hours) New workflow (hours)
Saks, 2012 3½
Nygaard 2012 4¾
9
Kallberg 2012 2½
Spehar & Kjekshus, 2012 2¼
Abrahamsen, Holte & 8¾
Laine, 2012
Sum 9 21 ¾
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8. References
— Abrahamsen, B., Holte, K. A., & Laine, M. (2012). Work–Family
Interference: Nurses in Norway and Finland. Professions and
Professionalism, 2(1), 60–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.19
— Kallberg, M. (2012). Archivists - A Profession in Transition?
Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 27–41.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.158
— Nygaard, P. (2012). Professional Autonomy versus Corporate
Control. Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 11–26.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.164
— Saks, M. (2012). Defining a Profession: The Role of Knowledge
and Expertise. Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 1–10.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.151
— Spehar, I., & Kjekshus, L. E. (2012). Medical Management in
Norwegian Hospitals. Professions and Professionalism, 2(1), 42–
59. http://dx.doi.org/10.7577/pp.v2i1.178
Presentasjonens tittel 28.09.2012

9. Resources
— Calibre ebook management: http://calibre-ebook.com/
— EPUB 2.0.1 specification: http://idpf.org/epub/201
— Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS), version 1.0:
http://www.niso.org/workrooms/journalmarkup
— Professions & Professionalism, (2)1:
http://journals.hioa.no/index.php/pp/issue/view/60
— Professions & Professionalism, (2)1, new formats: https://ojs-
test.hio.no/index.php/pp/index
— Sigil – a WYSIWYG ebook editor: http://code.google.com/p/sigil/
— Writer2ePub – OpenOffice extension:
http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/Writer2ePub
— XSLT tools for NLM Journal Publishing Tag Set 3.0:
http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/tools/tools.html
EPUB in OA journals 03.10.2012