RE: Gempub 1.0.0 ; A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's Gemtext

The author has a repository with the current version of the spec here: 
https://codeberg.org/oppenlab/gempub. I have a monster PR there, but there 
is a lot of thought still required so my ideas are (at best) tentative suggestions.

The first rule of Gemini is don't extend Gemini, so most of my feedback 
was around firming up the boundaries of the gempub container itself, which 
is intended to consist primarily of text/gemini and some images.

I really liked the idea that gempub containers can serve a dual purpose as 
a capsule archive format.

Also, I'm new to this list and to Gemini (hi, everyone!), but I'm old 
enough to remember when we called it "the net" and not "the web". Gemini 
does a great job of bringing back the impossible-to-describe feel of the 
early 1990s internet, right after BBSs and right before Canter and Siegel 
did their thing and filled up my NNTP drive.  :) 

Raph 

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From: Gemini <gemini-bounces@lists.orbitalfox.eu> On Behalf Of Jason McBrayer
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2021 12:48 PM
To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane@sources.org>
Cc: gemini@lists.orbitalfox.eu
Subject: Re: Gempub 1.0.0 ; A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's Gemtext


Stephane Bortzmeyer writes:

> [I'm not the author, I just relay the idea. If you have comments, send 
> them on this list or to the author, not to me.]
>
> gemini://oppen.digital/memex/gempub/index.gmi
>
> "A new eBook format based on Gemini Protocol's Gemtext. Gempub can 
> also serve as a Gemini capsule archive format."

I love this idea (seems to be from the author of Ariane). I'd love to see 
a few reader implementations:






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