Re: [DocBook-publishers] Google api... Mk II

[Keith Fahlgren <keith@oreilly.com>]

On 11/7/07 12:55 AM, Dave Pawson wrote:
> http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/11/books_working_w.html
> 
> quote
> 
> Google has developed a fledgling specification, called "BookMap,"
> which aids the harvesting of digital repositories containing digital
> books. One of the intents of bookmap is to permit the harvesting, and
> indexing, or whatever material the publisher deems appropriate for
> exposure (on their terms) to a search discovery interface, with the
> determination of where the user experience should be based residing as
> a separate consideration. As far as I know, bookmap has still not been
> released as a published specification, although it is in use.
> 
> end quote.
> 
> I doubt this is of interest to this work, but I thought it of wider interest
> to this audience
> 
> Just wondering if anyone has seen it?

Hi,

Although we are a part of Google Book Search, O'Reilly doesn't use the BookMap.
There's more discussion of some of the complexity surrounding the BookMap
question here: http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/11/books_working_w.html ,
if anyone is interested.



Keith