Open eBook

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<tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Internet media type</th>

   <td class="" style="">application/oebps-package+xml[1]</td></tr><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Developed by</th>
   <td class="" style="">Open eBook Forum</td></tr><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Initial release</th>
   <td class="" style="">1999</td></tr><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Latest release</th>
   <td class="" style="">Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) 1.2 / August 2002</td></tr><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Type of format</th>
   <td class="" style="">e-Book file format</td></tr><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Contained by</th>
   <td class="" style="">OEB Package Format (ZIP)</td></tr><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Extended from</th>
   <td class="" style="">XML, defined subset of XHTML, CSS, Dublin Core</td></tr><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Extended to</th>
   <td class="" style="">EPUB electronic publication standard</td></tr><tr class=""><th style="text-align:left; ">Website</th>
   <td class="" style="">Open eBook Forum</td></tr>

</table> Open eBook (or OEB), or formally, the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS), is a legacy e-book format "based primarily on technology developed by SoftBook Press"^[2] and on XML; it has been superseded by the EPUB electronic publication standard.

Open eBook is a ZIP file plus a Manifest file. Inside the package a defined subset of XHTML may be used, along with CSS and Dublin Core metadata. The default file extension is .opf (OEB Package Format).

Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS)

Filename extension	<code>.opf</code>

Contents 1 Specification release history 2 Reader software 3 Reader devices 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Reader software

• SoftBook
• Adobe Digital Editions
• FBReader — GPL eBook reader available for various linux based PDAs and desktops.
• Lexcycle Stanza
• Mobipocket
• Openberg Lector — crossplatform reader released under the GPL and based on Mozilla platform
• WordPlayer — eBook reader for Android (Google) Phone OS

[edit] Reader devices

• SoftBook, 1998
• Sony Reader — As of 7/24/2008 the Sony Reader PRS-505 supports the EPUB file format with the release of Sony eBook Library version 2.2.00.18100 and Reader firmware version 1.1.00.18040 ^[3]
• Intel Reader ^[4]

[edit] See also

• Comparison of e-book formats
• Open Packaging Conventions

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Open eBook Forum
• Open eBook Validator
• Open Publication Structure (OPS) 2.0
• Adobe's Sample eBook Library
• Article "EPUB" at the MobileRead WikiTemplate:Standard-stub

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