DTBook (an

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for ''DAISY Digital Talking Book'') or DAISY XML is a

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-based

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. It is used in EPUB 2.0

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s and DAISY Digital Talking Book, as well as other places. Unlike other document file formats such as

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DTBook puts a strong emphasis on structural encoding, but in comparison to other structural file formats such as

DocBook DocBook is a semantic markup language for technical documentation. It was originally intended for writing technical documents related to computer hardware and software, but it can be used for any other sort of documentation. As a semantic languag ...

and TEI it is fairly simple. DTBook was developed by the Daisy Consortium as an

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file format similar to

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, with special regard to the requirements of the

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. Therefore, it puts an emphasis on a clear, precise navigation and the explanation of visual elements. DTBook is further developed by the Daisy Consortium and is defined with a DTD as part of the

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standard Z39.86-2005

NIMAS

NIMAS ( National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard) – a U.S. standard for electronic books for the visually impaired – defines a subset of DTBook XML elements. NIMAS documents are valid according to the DTBook DTD.

Example

Hello World

This is an example.

External links

DAISY/NISO Standard – Guidelines

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