Headers and footers in ePUB 3 about epub-specs HOT 22 CLOSED

Yes.

HTML5 has now header and footer elements.

But a point about this - I had been assuming that the prior approach in OPS 2.x 
(display: oeb-page-foot) was no longer necessary. There is a backwards 
compatibility issue but we have  a separate conformance requirement about 
Reading Systems handling 2.x content. But I will ask others to verify, to make 
sure we haven't accidentally dropped any functionality.

Also CSS3 Paged Media module (which we don't currently reference) has header & 
footer style definitions

HTML5 headers and footers are very different from oeb ones. And CSS3 Paged 
Media as you said is not something that we agreed to reference (and it is not 
very aligned with our needs). Note also that PGT is designed to integrate with 
oeb-page-head/foot.

Yes, Peter is correct the HTML header/footer elements really have nothing to do 
with running headers/footers as enabled with OPS 2.0.1 "display: oeb-page-head" 
or "display: oeb-page-foot".  That said, there is no plan to remove support for 
real running headers/footers as currently enabled with CSS display value 
extensions.

Decision today: retain oeb-page-head and oeb-page-foot as 2.x specs

I would like to reopen this issue.  Since oeb-page-head/foot is not widely 
supported, 
I think that we should remove it from EPUB 3.0.1.  Users are confused.

[deleted comment]

[deleted comment]

[deleted comment]

[deleted comment]

[deleted comment]

I think that we should deprecate this feature at least.

Sorry but on large ebooks, there is a real need for something to say in which 
part of the book the reading point is.
For instance, in a wine guide, a travel guide or any dictionary, when a reader 
jumps to an item from the index, how will he know in which section he is.
In paper books, running headers serve this purpose.

How will it be possible to render any section information without 
oeb-page-head/foot?

As we think in Hachette Livre it is a need, we did push an EPUB sample in the 
IDPF samples project GhV-oeb-page.epub :
http://code.google.com/p/epub-samples/wiki/SamplesListing#GhV-oeb-page.epub

I second re-opening. Headers/footers are requested often by Wiley editors to 
make ebooks "feel like" books, especially in reference/text books. Crucial for 
way-finding.

Per April 4, 2013 concall, we have decided to deprecate oeb-page-head/foot.

The specification has been updated:

https://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/source/detail?r=4537

Note that the section no longer defines usage as per the precedent set in the 
Publications guide and meta elements. A pointer to the 3.0 spec where these are 
defined has been inserted with the deprecation notice.

Fix for typo in previous commit:

https://code.google.com/p/epub-revision/source/detail?r=4651

lgtm