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#1135 epub: missing copyright and legalnotice with ADE and iBooks

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nobody
XSL (1066)
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2011-08-28
2010-09-20
Oliver K. Smith
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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.

Discussion

  • Oliver K. Smith

    Oliver K. Smith - 2010-09-20

    Archive containing and example

     
    docbook-to-epub3.zip

  • Oliver K. Smith

    Oliver K. Smith - 2010-09-20

    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.

     

  • Oliver K. Smith

    Oliver K. Smith - 2010-09-21

    patch file which fixes titlepage problem in content.opf

     
    docbook.xsl.patch

  • Oliver K. Smith

    Oliver K. Smith - 2010-09-21

    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.

     

  • Mauritz Jeanson

    Mauritz Jeanson - 2011-08-28
    • summary: missing copyright and legalnotice with ADE and iBooks --> epub: missing copyright and legalnotice with ADE and iBooks
     

  • Keith Fahlgren

    Keith Fahlgren - 2011-08-28
    • labels: 1168228 --> XSL
    • assigned_to: abdelazer --> nobody