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ISO/IEC TS 30135-1

Information technology - Digital publishing - EPUB3 - Part 1: EPUB3 Overview

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Organization: ISO
Publication Date: 15 November 2014
Status: active
Page Count: 24
ICS Code (IT applications in information, documentation and publishing): 35.240.30
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Overview

The EPUB® specification is a distribution and interchange format standard for digital publications and documents. EPUB defines a means of representing, packaging and encoding structured and semantically enhanced Web content - including HTML5, CSS, SVG, images, and other resources - for distribution in a single-file format.

  • EPUB 3, the third major release of the standard, consists of a set of four specifications, each defining an important component of an overall EPUB Publication:
  • EPUB Publications 3.0 [Publications30], which defines publication-level semantics and overarching conformance requirements for EPUB Publications.
  • EPUB Content Documents 3.0 [ContentDocs30], which defines profiles of XHTML, SVG and CSS for use in the context of EPUB Publications. EPUB Open Container Format (OCF) 3.0 [OCF3], which defines a file format and processing model for encapsulating a set of related resources into a single-file (ZIP) EPUB Container.
  • EPUB Media Overlays 3.0 [MediaOverlays30], which defines a format and a processing model for synchronization of text and audio.

EPUB has been widely adopted as the format for digital books (eBooks), and these new specifications significantly increase the format's capabilities in order to better support a wider range of publication requirements, including complex layouts, rich media and interactivity, and global typography features. The expectation is that EPUB 3 will be utilized for a broad range of content, including books, magazines and educational, professional and scientific publications.

This document provides a starting point for content authors and software developers wishing to understand these specifications. It consists of non-normative overview material, including a roadmap to the four building-block specification documents that compose EPUB 3.

Another non-normative document, EPUB 3 Changes from EPUB 2.0.1 [EPUB3Changes], describes changes in EPUB 3 from the previous version, but is intended primarily for Authors and EPUB Reading System vendors migrating from EPUB 2.0.1 to EPUB 3 and for those who anticipate supporting both versions.

Document History

ISO/IEC TS 30135-1
November 15, 2014
Information technology - Digital publishing - EPUB3 - Part 1: EPUB3 Overview
Overview The EPUB® specification is a distribution and interchange format standard for digital publications and documents. EPUB defines a means of representing, packaging and encoding structured and...

References

This document references:
ISO/IEC 14496-22 - Information technology - Coding of audio-visual objects - Part 22: Open Font Format
Published by ISO on January 1, 2019
This document specifies the Open Font Format (OFF) specification, including the TrueType and Compact Font Format (CFF) outline formats. Many references to both TrueType and PostScript exist...
This document is referenced by:
EN 319 162-1 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Associated Signature Containers (ASiC); Part 1: Building blocks and ASiC baseline containers
Published by ETSI on April 1, 2016
The present document specifies Associated Signature Containers (ASiC) which bind together into one single digital container based on ZIP [5] either detached digital signatures or time assertions,...
This document is referenced by:
EN 319 162-2 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Associated Signature Containers (ASiC); Part 2: Additional ASiC containers
Published by ETSI on April 1, 2016
Specific communities or use cases may have additional requirements that are not addressed by the baseline containers defined in ASiC part 1 [2] that can be built using the building blocks defined...
This document is referenced by:
TS 119 162-1 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Associated Signature Containers (ASiC); Part 1: Building blocks and ASiC baseline containers
Published by ETSI on August 1, 2015
The present document specifies Associated Signature Containers (ASiC) which bind together into one single digital container based on ZIP [5] either detached digital signatures or time-assertions,...
This document is referenced by:
TS 119 162-2 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Associated Signature Containers (ASiC); Part 2: Additional ASiC containers
Published by ETSI on August 1, 2015
Specific communities or use cases may have additional requirements that are not addressed by the baseline containers defined in ASiC part 1 [2] that can be built using the building blocks defined...
This document is referenced by:
TS 119 164-5 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Associated Signature Containers (ASiC) - Testing Compliance and Interoperability; Part 5: Testing Conformance of additional ASiC containers
Published by ETSI on June 1, 2016
The present document defines the sets of checks required for testing conformance of ASiC containers against: ASiC containers conforming to building blocks defined in ETSI EN 319 162-1 [1] and...
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