Chamilo LMS

Not only javascript|
There are also some php classes:
[[http://www.phpclasses.org/package/6115-PHP-Create-ebook-in-EPUB-format-for-Apple-iPad-.html]]

And a project that converts wordpress in ePub [[http://anthologize.org/]]

I'have read the notes here and the forum topic. Here is a list with quick links:

Javascript readers
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epubjs - http://code.google.com/p/epub-tools/ (SVN access), demo: http://threepress.org/static/epubjs/ , license: BSD (to be checked)

rePublish - https://github.com/blaine/rePublish , demo: http://romeda.org/rePublish/ , license: GNU LGPL version 3

js-epub - https://github.com/augustl/js-epub , screenshot: http://s3.amazonaws.com/augustl-stuff/epub-is-getting-there-95.png , license: MIT

At the moment I like mostly epubjs.

It seems to me that the EPUB-creator tools are outside the scope of a learning management system. I can imagine the following scenario:

The user has already got an epub-file, he/she uploads it in the "Documents" tool. When the file is clicked, the javascript reader opens the epub-file. This functionaly may be attached somehow to the file chamilo/main/document/download.php. The .epub file extension and the MIME type "application/epub+zip" have to be declared in the tables of Chamilo LMS, an icon for epub-files is good to be created.

I am going to make a test with epubjs.

As I understood, epubjs does not process .epub file directly. The input file must be uncompressed first. Correct me if I am wrong.

Maybe I should make tests with the other readers too.

Yes, like SCORM packages.

Perhaps this feature is not so urgent: an ePub reader is implemented in Firefox like a plugin, and a browser plugin can be more effective that an internal reader: it can be used in more cases.

Anyway it is a trial to afford the problem.

Some last thoughts for now:

There are other readers as desktop applications and for mobile devices. This is why we should leave the possibility for accessing .epup files directly by hyperlink, as it is now. Thus, the user if free to choose his/her best reader, also to store the downloaded book within a local library and to read it off-line.

With very low priority: In the future in the documents tool for .epub items an additional icon may be placed. On clicking this icon, the system will use a built-in reader (implemented as javascripts or/and php) allowing showing the book on browser without installed epub plugin. This I consider as an additional way for accessing e-books.

For our "dream-map", probably for Chamilo 2.x: I said "It seems to me that the EPUB-creator tools are outside the scope of a learning management system." Maybe I am not right. Here is the idea: We have a learning path tool which has "Export as SCORM" feature. A feature "Export as eBook" might be interesting. If it has some sense, a similar feature might be implemented for the Wiki tool too.

Monocle - http://github.com/joseph/Monocle , demo: http://monocle.inventivelabs.com.au/ , license: MIT
It needs additional work for parsing (on the server or on the client) epub books.

HTML5 EPUB reader - https://github.com/augustl/booktorious , demo: http://ditrw.com/booktorious/ , license: unknown yet, the author says "This is an open source 100% JavaScript webapp free of server side logic."

http://inventivelabs.com.au/weblog/post/zhook-a-really-simple-ebook-format/
http://ochook.org/

Mediawiki extension for export wiki pages in epub format (LGPL): http://sourceforge.net/projects/epubexport/
nice classes from Asbjorn Grandt (LGPL) : http://www.phpclasses.org/package/6115-PHP-Create-ebook-in-EPUB-format-for-ex-Apple-iPad.html

this could be interesting also : http://dotepub.com/