Stylo - Victoria - 9 June 2019

The philosophy of Stylo

In the print model, one becomes an author when one has published a book. In the digital model, one becomes an author when one is able to publishe structured documents.

Basic principles

Take advantage of the semantic skills of the author

Give the author back control over the structure and semantics of the text.

 

An editor which is:

  • simpler: clear interface, fewer options, fewer features
  • richer: markup, bibliographic management, metadata, multiple exports
  • semantics: WYSIWYM

The print2digital model

Authorial work Semantic2graphic
Editorial work Graphic2wellStructuredGraphic
Digital distribution wellStructuredGraphic2semantic

There is a problem here!

The print2digital model

Authorial work semantic competences Semantic2graphic -> graphic competences
Editorial work graphic competences Graphic2wellStructuredGraphic -> semantic competences
Digital distribution digital competences wellStructuredGraphic2semantic -> semantic competences

The print2digital model

Practically

  1. Microsoft Word (without styles) -> a lot of semantic information lost
  2. Styling in Word (editorial board) -> a lot of time lost
  3. DTP in InDesign a lot of time and -> a lot of information lost
  4. Doc (or docx) to xml -> a lot of time and a lot of information lost

The problem is at the beginning of the process!

A new way of producing content

  • Author -> semantic competences BUT no digital competences!

We need to create an editor which is:

  • Simpler (less options, less fonctions, simpler interface)
  • Semantic based (WYSIWYM)
  • Richer (markup, URI, multiple outputs)

Stylo

  • WYSIWYM
  • Multiple markup systems (mouse select, shortcuts, markdown)
  • Multiple outputs (eruditSchema xml, TEI, html, tex, pdf…)
  • Multiple publications without loosing information (CMS, Érudit, InDesign)

A modular application

3 main modules + technical modules:

  1. Metadata Editor
    • yaml
    • DC, RDFa, Foaf, ScholarlyArticle, Google Scholar, Prism schema
    • Controlled vocabulary
    • Alignment with authorities (Rameau, Wikidata, LOC)
    • Via the researchisidore API (Huma-num)
  2. Text editor with internal markup
    • Markdown enriched
    • others?
  3. Bibliographic Management
    • BibTeX
    • Api Zotero
  1. Conversion
    • pandoc (to html, LateX, pdf)
    • XSLT (to TEI-LOD, Erudite)
  2. Versioning
    • git
    • version comparator
  3. API

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Implementation

  • Stylo is currently publishing the magazine Sens Public | sens-public.org
  • Stylo will be deployed to six pilot journals as part of the Partnership Project Review 2.0 (Open Edition, Erudit, Human-num) | revue20.org



We need your feedbacks!



Roadmap: zotero synchronization, git synchronization, interchangeable editor module, editor ergonomics, simplified image management, standalone version

Demo

write: stylo.ecrituresnumeriques.ca

first steps: stylo-doc.ecrituresnumerique.ca

Thank you!

Presentation : vitalirosati.net/slides

to contribute: github.com/EcrituresNumeriques/stylo/

to write: stylo.ecrituresnumeriques.ca