Epublishing and Ebooks Reader's format for epublishing

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E-publishing and E-booksReader's format for
e-publishing

• TC100/AGS/194
• Monday, 26 September 2005
• Yashio Uemura

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Readers Format in multimedia e-publishing
Author
Data preparer
Publisher
Reader
Readers format
Submission format
Generic format
Standardization is the essentials
Figure 1 - Contents creation/distribution model
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Issues of Readers Format

• Reader's format
• The formats depend on the functionality and
  capability of readers' equipment.
• There are many readers formats existing such as
  PDF, Tiff, Word according to many readers
  equipments.
• And it is not consistent.

PDF
MMR
Tiff
Ex. Generic format
JBIG
Word
Etc.
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To create Readers format

• This format doesnt depend on the functionality
  and capability of readers' equipment.
• Reader's format can be available to various kind
  of readers equipment.

Based on users preference
Readers Format
PDA
Cellular phone
Dedicated equipment
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What is this Readers format like?

• Formatting Objects(not programming Language)
• Light-weight
• Non-revisable
• Equipment-adaptive
• Application-adaptive
• OS-independent
• Open Standard

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Current Portable Document Format

• As our approach to make a new proposal, we will
  investigate current portable document format
  available in the world.
• And we will evaluate and find out if it is
  suitable to our target. If yes, we will take its
  feature for new standard.
• For example,
• Investigate a Portable Document Format
• Evaluate its format
• Pick up E-book feature from its format

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What is Portable Document Format like?
Formatting level be adjusted
Portable Document Format
?by Content
A
E-Book Readers format
Objects
Objects
File Structure
B
File Structure
Document Structure
Document Structure
Contents Stream
Contents Stream
C

• Investigate a Portable Document Format
• Evaluate its format
• Pick up E-book feature from its format

?by Equipment