Authoring system?

[devinberg]

Options identified so far:

• Gitbook: Collaborative editing in markdown, formatting and display of the ebook, syncs with Github.
• Github: Direct editing of markdown on Github
• Jupyter Notebooks: Markdown for text content, integrated code editing and processing

[devinberg]

Additional options:

• Pressbooks
• Scalar
• Open Monograph Press

Also, some additional info from Publishing Without Walls

[devinberg]

Goals for the do-a-thon:

1. Define the desirable features/characteristics for open textbook authoring.
2. Compare the various platform/authoring system options based upon their features. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each.
3. Produce a recommendation using this comparison.

[devinberg]

Possible desirable features:

• Free or low cost
• Open source
• Actively developed
• Incorporation of interactive content
• Content can be reconfigured or remixed by the user
• Collaborative authoring and editing

[chuckhaas]

Some sort of wiki based platform (though I know issues with equations,etc.).

[devinberg]

Good point, Mediawiki would be a platform option for that but there are others as well.

[devinberg]

In thinking about interactivity of user content and/or Jupyter Notebooks as a potential platform, here is an example of a book written in Jupyter Notebooks from @jakevdp : https://github.com/jakevdp/PythonDataScienceHandbook

[devinberg]

Binder would offer an environment for interactive/live Jupyter notebooks.

[illyz]

https://en.wikitolearn.org/Engineering
do you know the Wikitolearn platform? It's a wiki for open textbooks (supported by KDE).
They don't really have content on engineering yet, but quite some things computer science, maths, physics and business.