It's time to get ready for a bigger than ePub digital content future. So IGP:FoundationXHTML is now officially HTML5 ready to go. Stand-by your interactive, video, canvas, local storage, everything in a browser content experience (or not).
Nothing changes the XHTML that is delivered to ePub, or Mobi. They get their correct XHTML 1.1 strict headers processed in by Formats on Demand at compile time. What we have done is upgraded the archive files for IGP:FoundationXHTML to XHTML 5. (that just means well formed HTML5, so XML processors can do their stuff on the content, and browsers instantly know they are looking at HTML5. It really is fantastic stuff.
That means the page declarations have changed.
Before
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
After
<!DOCTYPE htmlPUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
OK We can just go with
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" /> .....
...but if we do that, damn it! it looks too simple. Where does the expert stuff come in?
This means we can introduce the new dynamic features, sections, forms, local storage, etc. any time we, or a customer wants. The new sections are:
<nav>, <article>, <aside>, <hgroup>, <header>, <footer>, <time>. <mark>
The digital content world is moving fast. While others are still struggling to get an ePub out of desktop apps and miscellaneous or through some other toolsets, IGP:FLIP is ready for a dynamic and exciting content future.
Get your digital content into IGP:FLIP today.
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