CS298 Proposal
A Javascript and PHP EPUB reader web application
Xiaqing He (kathyhxq@gmail.com)
Advisor: Dr. Chris Pollett
Committee Members: Dr. Austin
Committee Members: Dr. Tseng
Abstract:
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 is also browser add-on for Firefox to read EPUB files. One drawback of eReaders is Platform lock-in, and one drawback of an add-on is the inability to easily sync page positions across multiple devices. In this project, we will create a pure Javascript web application for the EPUB format which will solve both of these problems.
CS297 Results
- Learn what is EPUB and EPUB format
- Create a sample EPUB file
- Did research on several compression algorithm to understand how ZIP works
- Implement one compression/decompression algorithm “SEQUITUR” using Javascript
- Create a database schema to handle page position data for multiple users and books
Proposed Schedule
Week 1-2:8/25/14 – 9/7/14
| Finish CS 298 Proposal |
Week 3-5:
9/8/14 – 9/28/14
| Implement a JS library to read and write ZIP files |
Week 6-8:
9/22/14 – 10/19/14
| Implement PHP API to handle page position data |
Week 9-10: 10/20/14 – 11/2/14 | Complete the whole application |
Week 11-13:
11/3/14 – 11/23/14
| Testing + load + unit testing |
Week 14-15:
11/24/14 -12/7/14
| Complete all documentation for CS298 final report. |
Week 16-17:
12/8/14- 12/22/14
| Defense and final presentation. |
Key Deliverables:
- Software
- A JS library to read and write ZIP files
- PHP API to handle page position data
- Cloud data storage
- A workable EPUB reader application
- Report
- Detail description of software deliverables.
- Final report and presentation
Innovations and Challenges
- This application is platform independent
- This application can easily sync page positions across multiple devices and scales
- Create a pure Javascript library to read and write ZIP files
- Implement PHP API to handle page data in database
References:
[Garrish2011] What is EPUB 3? Matt Garrish, O'Reilly Media, 2011.
[Davies2012] Creating and formatting documents for e-readers using ePub, Davie,E , University of Leicester, 2012.
[Chris2013] Grammar-based compression algorithm SEQUITUR, Chris Pollett, San Jose State University, 2013.
[CakePHP2014] Guide of CakePHP: the rapid development php framework, Cake Software Foundation Inc., http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/index.php, 2014.
[Wiki] References of compression and decompression with Javascript,
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