Adam Hyde + Kathi Fletcher

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Adam - South Africa

  • http://www.flossmanuals.net/
  • http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/booktype/
  • Scale documentation - as a social network - successful method - expertise
  • PDF Press - it is proprietary - Mediawiki Extension to do Books - collections.
  • Booktype - limit of book paradigm from wiki. Base format of HTML, restricted set? No, allows extensions. Back end uses CSS and rendering. Rendering is separate from input. Allows Java for control. Based on Webkit. Controls styling with CSS. Uses Django

Authoring and Social aspect -

Versioning system -

OSE

Kathi

  • Cnx.org lead. Lenses are groups of content that are related, that have been reviewed. Strength: repository; Weakness - authoring.
  • Authoring is difficult; focus is on publishing. No presentation information. Booktype leaves it and overrides with CSS structure.