[scribus-dev] Fwd: Great meeting you in Saarbrücken

[Leonard Rosenthol]

Ale - IDML is very tightly bound to InDesign, I wouldn't recommend it for other uses.  (not that you couldn't but it would be forcing things into ID's way of thinking).

> pdf is a wonderful format for the print workflow, but it's not as good in the screen oriented world...
>
Bite your tongue!!   PDF serves both of these outputs - and others - better than any other format out there today...

I would love to hear what you think PDFs limitations are for screen-based publishing...

Leonard

On 6/11/19, 5:36 AM, "ale rimoldi" <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:

    hi tamir
    
    as i've suggested at the lgm, i'd like to see a comparison of your plans
    with the features of the IDML file format.
    
    i've quickly went through the copyright notice and the introduction of
    
    http://wwwimages.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/indesign/sdk/cs6/idml/idml-specification.pdf
    
    and while its not clear to me, if it's permitted to use this document to
    create a software for the interchange with other applications,
    which are not part of the adobe world.
    
    on the one side, adobe clearly states that idml
    has been created for the interchange inside of the adobe world.
    
    but on page 15, it mentions the usage as a compatibility layer with
    other file formats... so we can think that adobe does not completely
    exclude the usage with other programs. (quark express and scribus both
    provide importers for IDML, so they are not "forbidding" the usage by
    other developers)
    
    personally, i'm not that hot about extending the pdf file format
    storing the information making them editable, but i'm not against having
    a new format (or an existing one...) that can be embedded in a pdf
    document (or used in an independent way.
    
    pdf is a wonderful format for the print workflow, but it's not as good
    in the screen oriented world...
    currently, if i have to think about creating a new file format, i would
    want it to at least have an excellent support of the rendering on
    screen.
    
    having an (existing or new) independent file format that can be
    optionally embedded in epub or pdf files might lead to a usable
    solution...
    
    finally, i don't think it would be a bad idea to build upon a file
    format that has been created for layout interchange and is already
    supported by at least three of the relevant layout programs...
    
    but since the best candidate is owned by adobe, we would have to ask
    them what they think about such plans...
    
    ciao
    a.l.e
    
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