Content Structure Committee
BISG's Content Stucture Committee develops best practices for representing book content, whether destined for print or digital output and delivery.
The Committee will take a practical and useful approach to providing short, easily digestible pieces of information (whether web posts, brief white papers, etc.) that address specific content structuring needs and related issues. A particular effort will be made to involve or collaborate with other organizations working on related guidelines, such as EDItEUR, IDPF and NISO.
One of the top priorities for the Committee will be to support and promote adoption of the EPUB 3 standard.
Committee Chair:
Bill Kasdorf, Apex Content Solutions
digitalstandards_chair@bisg.org
For a list of Committee members, please click here.
Committee Working Group(s):
Fixed Layout for E-Books Working Group
Fonts for E-Books Working Group
Committee Initiatives
EPUB 3.0 Support Grid
NEW! Updated November 19, 2012.Fixed Layout for E-Books Working Group
The Fixed Layout for E-Books Working Group is focused on addressing the issues specific to creating fixed page layout for current e-book readers and platforms.
This Working Group is Chaired by Dave Cramer, Content Workflow Specialist at Hachette Book Group.
Fonts for E-Books Working Group
Now that reading systems and devices are more sophisticated, with greater memory and processing power, greater design quality and complexity for e-books are becoming the norm. And with that comes the desire to use more sophisticated and varied fonts. At the same time, publishers and other content providers need to be aware of font licenses and usage restrictions.
BISG's Fonts for E-Books Working Group provides education and guidance in obtaining, managing, and using fonts for e-books, with a particular emphasis on EPUB 3. Chaired by Steve Kotrch, Director of Publishing Technology at Simon & Schuster, the Working Group will offer practical guidance and best practices for industry use in the form of FAQs, white papers, and web posts.
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