CS297 Proposal
A Javascript and PHP EPUB reader web application
Xiaqing He (kathyhxq@gmail.com)
Advisor: Dr. Chris Pollett
Description:
EPUB, like PDF and Word, is a format for representing documents in electronic form. It is used by many eReaders such as iBooks, Blackberry Playbooks, Sony Reader and so on. There are also browser add-ons for Firefox to read ePub files.
The drawback of eReaders is platform lock-in, and the drawback of an add-on is the inability to easily sync page positions across multiple devices.
In this project, we intend to create a Javascript and PHP web application for the ePub format solving both of these problems.
Schedule:
| Week 1:
Feb.3-9 | Learn EPUB format, read Garrish2011 |
| Week 2:
Feb.10-16 | How to read ePub-files? Learn EPUBReader in Firefox and other application |
| Week 3:
Feb.17-23 | Complete Deliverable #1 |
| Week 4-7:
Feb.24-Mar.23 | Work on Deliverable #2 |
| Week 8-11:
Mar.24-Apr.20 | Work on Deliverable #3 |
| Week 12-15:
Apr.21-27 | Work on Deliverable #4 |
| Week 16:
May.19-24 | Complete Deliverable #5 and proposal for CS298 |
Deliverables:
The full project will be done when CS298 is completed. The following will
be done by the end of CS297:
1. Power Point describing EPUB format
2. Create by hand an EPUB document with table of contents and at least two chapters
3. Implement sequitar algorithm for compression/decompression by JavaScript
4. Create a database and PHP APIs so could handle page position data for multiple books and users
5. Finish CS297 report
References:
[Garrish2011] What is EPUB 3? Matt Garrish, O'Reilly Media, 2011.
[Davies]Creating and formatting documents for e-readers using ePub.
CS154's (taught by Professor Pollett) lecture on Mar. 18, 2013, grammar-based compression algorithm: sequitur
Guide of CakePHP: the rapid development php framework
references of compression and decompression with Javascript
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