

This infrastructure is not implemented in the test apps.

However, there is a lot of infrastructure associated with selling/lending eBooks with DRM that is out of scope for the test apps. The iOS and Android native apps DO support LCP so they can open publications protected with that technology. Everyone is of course welcome to clone/fork the codebase(s) and develop such commercial applications, but this is not a Readium mandate.Ĭan the Readium “test apps” open DRM-protected eBooks? They are not intended as commercial applications. No, the applications developed as part of the support for various platforms are intended solely for testing and demonstration. Readium App DevelopmentĪre the Readium “test apps” intended to be a consumer-grade EPUB reading system? It should be ready for testing and deployment in the first half of 2019. It is currently termed “Readium Web” (though this name may change). Readium is currently working on a replacement for the ReadiumJS browser-based functionality. However, the Readium Cloud Reader was/is a full EPUB 3 implementation that runs in Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge and Opera on essentially all platforms supported by those browsers. The Readium Chrome Application, which was based on that codebase, functioned only in the Google Chrome browser. The original ReadiumJS implementation was architected to work on any modern (HTML5) browser. What is the status of cross-browser support in Readium’s web-based solution? Governance of Readium Foundation is by board of directors elected by representatives of its member organizations. For more information see number of Readium Foundation members and contributors are participating in activities to help ensure coordination. Thus standards development for EPUB and other publishing technology for the Web Platform is now taking place within W3C. In early 2017, IDPF was absorbed into the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which is responsible for HTML and other Web Standards. What is the relationship between Readium and standards bodies such as the IDPF and W3C?

If you want to help please contact us and visit the following page. If you have these skills and want to help, you are of course very welcome! But we also have great needs for testers, documentation, translators and many other areas. You don’t have to be a developer or publishing guru. There are many ways to help the Readium projects.
