"epub:" namespace is renamed "ns2:" in TTS generation

[martinpub]

Currently, the "epub:" namespace is changed to "ns2:" in TTS generation. The declaration is still validly pointing to the correct namespace URI (http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops), but it is confusing to introduce a new term for that namespace, so the desired result is that the "epub:" name be kept intact in TTS generation.

Comment from @bertfrees:

We should be able to do something about this. Not sure where exactly the prefix is changed though. Anyway, the current result looks valid EPUB as far as I can tell, so this should not be an issue for reading systems.

[bertfrees]

I spent a bit of time on this one but couldn't immediately find the cause.

[martinpub]

OK, thanks for checking.

Just noting two depencies for MTM production:

• There is validation on @epub:type presence/values in the Nordic Validator
• There might be CSS rules for @epub:type

[bertfrees]

I didn't want to invest more time in it because I deemed this not as important as other issues.

• There is validation on @epub:type presence/values in the Nordic Validator

You mean it checks for the prefix?

• There might be CSS rules for @epub:type

CSS doesn't care about the prefix, only the namespace the prefix is mapped to.

[martinpub]

Hi @bertfrees,

You mean it checks for the prefix?

Yes, as I understand how the validation rules (Schematron and RelaxNG) are currently constructed.

CSS doesn't care about the prefix, only the namespace the prefix is mapped to.

Of course, will make sure to properly declare the namespaces in the CSS as well.

[martinpub]

Yes, as I understand how the validation rules (Schematron and RelaxNG) are currently constructed.

No, sorry I just checked and the namespaces are properly declared in Schematron. So this might not be an issue. Not sure about RelaxNG.

[martinpub]

Not sure about RelaxNG.

Namespaces are declared also in RelaxNG so this is probably a non-issue from both of the issues I raised. Sorry!

[martinpub]

This is still a valid issue, since post-production editing might be confusing for some users. However, low priority.

[bertfrees]

@carl-textalk I just verified that this is still an issue. I used the DTB37628 test book and the configuration did not seem to matter. Just make sure the TTS switch is enabled. It's the .xhtml files that have the unwanted "ns2" prefixes.

@martinpub Could you help Carl reproduce the issue? (Maybe with a smaller book than the one I used.)

[carl-textalk]

@carl-textalk I just verified that this is still an issue. I used the DTB37628 test book and the configuration did not seem to matter. Just make sure the TTS switch is enabled. It's the .xhtml files that have the unwanted "ns2" prefixes.

Thanks @bertfrees !

[martinpub]

Hi @carl-textalk, I put a small-size sample file on textalk/mini_epub3 on the MTM FTP, hope you can use this to reproduce the issue?

I tried running various jobs with epub3-to-epub3 without having succesfully reproduced the problem, but they were all non-TTS jobs. Atm it is not possible to test TTS on the MTM pipe2 test server due to an expired license file, we are working on that. But I think @bertfrees already concluded this is limited to TTS parsing.

Let me know if there's anything else you need!

[carl-textalk]

Hi.
I have tried to reproduce this error without any luck using the test-book you provided @martinpub.
I have tried various different settings within the Epub 3 Enhancer script.
(Im testing it on master branch. )

[martinpub]

Hi @carl-textalk, thanks for testing. I suspected that it was TTS-only, but even with TTS, I cannot reproduce this either. So it has apparently been solved. Anyhow, it is not an issue anymore, so I will close this issue. Thanks!