A huge problem an author is faced with upon writing a digital textbook these days, is that in creating such digital learning content, there is no standard format. There exists not a cooperation, but a competition of numerous attempts at forming ``eBook'' and digital textbook formats by myriad corporations. Are today's authors equipped for the numerous publishing platforms?


I argue we should throw out all this noise and use what we already have. There exists a standard, in fact two---HTML5 and \TeX, and they aren't going anywhere. In fact, both happen to be the standard for their respective fields (Web and Academics).


Just as music notation is what enables an orchestra to play in a synchronized manner, standards can enable us to document science in a harmonious way.


HTML5 has proven itself as evolving from connected static documents to a viable computing platform for interactive applications and resources. \TeX\ has also lasted the last 30+ years as the standard for publishing academic text.


Many professors in higher education who write textbooks know \TeX, however, they don't often know how to program the Web. The future of building interactive user interfaces should lie not in the hands of programmers, but in the hands of the expert of a given field---the goal of this project is to supply math, physics, and engineering professors with a platform to express mathematical concepts to students to provide immersive learning environments.


I claim we can use existing standards to achieve the rapid adoption of utilizing technology to help education and solve the race to finding a viable digital publishing format.

Publishing and Standards