Access 2013
Building a Better Book (in the browser) :
Transforming and Unlocking
Book Content
Jason Clark
@jaclark
Scott Young
@hei_scott
Research Question
What happens when book content becomes networked?
Research Team
Jason Clark
Scott Young
Patrick O'Brien
Kenning Arlitsch
Others who are
asking this question
- Editorially
- Pressbooks
- Book in Browser Conference
- The People's E-Book (Kickstarter)
Outline
The codex and emerging book formats
The web browser as container
A new data model for the "book"
"When I was a kid, I always dreamed of becoming a librarian..."
"...until I found out that librarians don't read books for a living."
- Thing said by an actual person
So, let's talk about the book.
The Codex
as
Information Technology
The eBook
as
Information Technology
The "Book"
as
Information Technology
- Data Delivery
- Information Access
- Knowledge Building
The Web
as
Information Technology
- Data Delivery
- Information Access
- Knowledge Building
The Web!
More flexible and extensible than book & ebook
Our Project
- Digital Book for a university history class
- MS Word --> static HTML --> dynamic HTML
- API + Semantic Components + Linked Data
http://arc.lib.montana.edu/book/home-cooking-history-409/
Dev Stack
- MySQL
- Treesaver.js
- HTML5 + CSS3
- Structured Data with schema.org
What happens when book content becomes networked?
- Analyzable
- Shareable
- Reusable
Analyzable
Shareable
(with both humans and machines)
Deep-linking the book
(harass/harness the URL!)
arc.lib.montana.edu/home-cooking-history-409/toc.html
arc.lib.montana.edu/home-cooking-history-409/item-1.html
Reusable
The "Book"
as
Development Platform
(the fun stuff)
arc.lib.montana.edu/book/home-cooking-history-409/api.php?type=recipe&id=1&v=1&format=json
New Data Model Application
Book as website
Website as API
Book as API
+
Website as API
Book as API
+
JSON-LD
RDFa
So, why do this?
Bring this conversation into libraries
Linked Data and Semantic Web development
API that transforms the book into a platform
Projects that engage beyond geeks
A Better Book in the Browser
Findable + Shareable + Flexible + Reusable
Thanks!
Jason Clark
@jaclark
Scott Young
@hei_scott
( https://github.com/jasonclark/bib-template )
Accesss Conference 2013 — Building a Better Book (in the browser)
By Scott W. H. Young
