Open eBook (OEB), or formally, the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS), is a
legacy e-book
An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Alt ...
format which has been superseded by the
EPUB format. It was "based primarily on technology developed by
SoftBook Press". and on
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...
. OEB was released with a free version belonging to public domain and a full
version to be used with or without DRM by the publishing industry.
Open eBook is a
ZIP file plus a
Manifest file A manifest file in computing is a file containing metadata for a group of accompanying files that are part of a set or coherent unit. For example, the files of a computer program may have a manifest describing the name, version number, license and t ...
. Inside the package a defined subset of
XHTML
Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) is part of the family of XML markup languages. It mirrors or extends versions of the widely used HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the language in which Web pages are formulated.
While HTML, prior ...
may be used, along with
CSS and
Dublin Core
220px, Logo image of DCMI, which formulates Dublin Core
The Dublin Core, also known as the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES), is a set of fifteen "core" elements (properties) for describing resources. This fifteen-element Dublin Core has ...
metadata. The default file extension is .opf (OEB Package Format).
Specification release history
* September 2007 – ''Open Publication Structure (OPS) 2.0,
EPUB. Released, supersedes the OEBPS 1.2''
* August 2002 – ''OEBPS 1.2 Recommended Specification Released''
* June 2001 – ''OEBPS 1.0.1 replaces OEBPS 1.0''
* September 1999 – ''Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) 1.0 released''
Reader software
*
SoftBook
*
Adobe Digital Editions
*
FBReader – GPL e-book reader for Unix/Windows computers.
*
Lexcycle Stanza
*
Mobipocket
*
Openberg Lector – cross-platform reader released under the
GPL and based on
Mozilla platform
Reader devices
*
SoftBook
*
Sony Reader
The Sony Reader was a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony, who produced the first commercial E Ink e-reader with the Sony Librie in 2004. It used an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation, was viewable in direct sunlig ...
– the Sony Reader PRS-505 supports the EPUB file format.
*
Intel Reader
*
Barnes & Noble Nook
The Barnes & Noble Nook (styled nook or NOOK) is a brand of e-readers developed by American book retailer Barnes & Noble, based on the Android platform. The original device was announced in the U.S. in October 2009, and was released the next m ...
*
Kobo eReader
The Kobo eReader is an e-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc. The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers avai ...
Audiobook and eMagazine library
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See also
* Comparison of e-book formats
* Open Packaging Conventions
The Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) is a container-file technology initially created by Microsoft to store a combination of XML and non-XML files that together form a single entity such as an Open XML Paper Specification (OpenXPS) document. OPC-b ...
References
External links
Open eBook Forum
Openberg
Adobe's Sample eBook Library
Article "EPUB" at the MobileRead Wiki
ePub Validator - This utility allows to validate the epub file to ePub standards of 1.0.5
* https://github.com/idpf/epubcheck
EPUB Validator (beta)
Markup languages
XML-based standards
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