[ docbook-Bugs-3071937 ] epub: missing copyright and legalnotice with ADE and iBooks

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Bugs item #3071937, was opened at 2010-09-20 10:17
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>Category: XSL
Group: output: ePub
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Oliver K. Smith (oksmith13)
>Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: epub: missing copyright and legalnotice with ADE and iBooks

Initial Comment:
In the attached archive, the file:

    my-epub.xml

was hacked together from examples in:

  http://www.docbook.org/tdg51/en/html/copyright.html
  http://www.docbook.org/tdg51/en/html/book.html

and generated with the included shell script.  I assume this is valid Docbook 5 because I copied it from Norman Walsh's book.

When the resulting ePub file is loaded into either:

    Adobe Digital Editions (1.7.2.1131)
    Apple iBooks (1.1.2)

The information contained in the:

    copyright
 
and:

    legalnotice

tags is nowhere to be found.  This information is a pretty important part of any kind of a book.

This information is found in the index.html file.  However, there is no reference to the index.html file in the content.opf file.  There is a reference to index.html in the toc.ncx file.

I am not sure what to suggest as a best way to solve this.  Perhaps all the information contained in the bk01-toc.html and index.html files should be combined into a single file and this single file should be referenced in both content.opf and toc.ncx.

If I can be of assistance, please don't hesitate to ask.

Thanks.


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Comment By: Oliver K. Smith (oksmith13)
Date: 2010-09-20 20:21

Message:
Attached is a patch file which when applied to the docbook.xsl file (the
"new" file attached to Bug #3071521) causes the content.opf file to
correctly reference the titlepage file (i.e. index.html)

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks.

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Comment By: Oliver K. Smith (oksmith13)
Date: 2010-09-20 18:30

Message:
On second thought, I think the best solution is to fix the content.opf
file.

I propose the generated content.opf file have the following changes:

CHANGE:

  <manifest>
    <item id="ncxtoc" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml"
href="toc.ncx"/>
    <item id="htmltoc" media-type="application/xhtml+xml"
href="bk01-toc.html"/>

TO:

  <manifest>
    <item id="ncxtoc" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml"
href="toc.ncx"/>
    <item id="title" media-type="application/xhtml+xml"
href="index.html"/>
    <item id="htmltoc" media-type="application/xhtml+xml"
href="bk01-toc.html"/>

CHANGE:

  <spine toc="ncxtoc">
    <itemref idref="htmltoc" linear="yes"/>

TO:

  <spine toc="ncxtoc">
    <itemref idref="title"/>
    <itemref idref="htmltoc" linear="yes"/>

CHANGE:

  <guide>
    <reference href="bk01-toc.html" type="toc" title="Table of
Contents"/>

TO:

  <guide>
    <reference href="index.html" type="title-page" title="Title Page"/>
    <reference href="bk01-toc.html" type="toc" title="Table of
Contents"/>


I based these changes on an example content.opf file I found with Google. 
I made these edits and the Title Page appears as expected when the
resultant ePub file is loaded in to Adobe Digital Editions.  I haven't
tested it with Apple iBooks yet.

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks.


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