TY  - JOUR
AB  - While the World Wide Web (WWW or Web) is steadily expanding, electronic books (e‐books) remain a niche market. In this article, it is first postulated that specialized contents and device independence can make Web‐based e‐books compete with paper prints; and that adaptive features that can be implemented by client‐side computing are relevant for e‐books, while more complex forms of adaptation requiring server‐side computations are not. Then, enhancements of the WWW standards (specifically of XML, XHTML, of the style‐sheet languages CSS and XSL, and of the linking language XLink) are proposed for a better support of client‐side adaptation and device independent content modeling. Finally, advanced browsing functionalities desirable for e‐books as well as their implementation in the WWW context are described.
VL  - 20
IS  - 4
SN  - 0264-0473
DO  - 10.1108/02640470210438874
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02640470210438874
AU  - Bry François
AU  - Kraus Michael
PY  - 2002
Y1  - 2002/01/01
TI  - Perspectives for electronic books in the World Wide Web age
T2  - The Electronic Library
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 275
EP  - 287
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -