documentcloud-pages
This is a work in progress. Follow the development at this repo's Github pages.
Goals
A responsive, embeddable JavaScript library which displays pages from documents on DocumentCloud (or any other API-compatible location).
Why?
- DocumentCloud's existing document-viewer doesn't play terribly well with mobile devices due to its pioneering nature. (It was originally written in 2006, and while it's done a terrific job, it's not well-suited for a mobile-first world.)
- There are a number of use cases where it's useful to display only a single page from a document and where the rich metadata of the full document (such as DocumentCloud notes or document title/contributor information) would complement the single pages of supporting material.
- DocumentCloud plans to incrementally build a responsive viewer from smaller constituent components, and a full page with notes is the next step up from our smaller individual note embeds.
Participating
You should open an issue for suggestions or ideas you'd like to tell us about!
Installation
TODO: explain this:
bower install
bundle install
guard