IEC 62448:2017

Multimedia systems and equipment - Multimedia e-publishing and e-books - Generic format for e-publishing

IEC 62448:2017 specifies a generic format for multimedia e-publishing employed for e-book data interchange among data preparers and publishers, satisfying a number of publishers’ requirements: revisable, extensible and heterogeneous logical structure. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition, published in 2013 and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) clarifying descriptions;
b) deleting redundant statements;
c) resolving mistakes and confusing terminologies.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 26-Nov-2017
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 33.160.60 - Multimedia systems and teleconferencing equipment
• ICS: 35.240.30 - IT applications in information, documentation and publishing
• Technical Committee: TC 100 - Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment
• Drafting Committee: MT 62448 - TC 100/TA 1/MT 62448
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 20-Nov-2017
• Completion Date: 27-Nov-2017

Relations

• Revises: IEC 62448:2013 - Multimedia systems and equipment - Multimedia e-publishing and e-books - Generic format for e-publishing
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

IEC 62448 ®
Edition 4.0 2017-11
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Multimedia systems and equipment – Multimedia E-publishing and E-books –
Generic format for E-publishing
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INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Multimedia systems and equipment – Multimedia E-publishing and E-books –

Generic format for E-publishing

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.160.60; 35.240.30 ISBN 978-2-8322-4936-9

– 2 – IEC 62448:2017 © IEC 2017
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 10
INTRODUCTION . 12
1 Scope . 13
2 Normative references . 13
3 Terms and definitions . 13
4 Position and requirements for generic format . 14
4.1 Generic format in contents creation/distribution model . 14
4.2 Requirements for generic format . 14
5 Notation . 14
6 Logical structure . 14
7 Semantics . 17
Annex A (normative) BBeB Xylog format . 18
A.1 General . 18
A.2 Structure description . 18
A.3 Block layout . 37
A.3.1 Layout . 37
A.3.2 Block . 37
A.3.3 Coordinate system . 38
A.4 Terminology . 38
A.4.1 Page layout . 38
A.4.2 Block layout . 39
A.4.3 Data types . 40
A.5 Elements and attributes . 41
A.5.1 BBeBXylog . 41
A.5.2 BookInformation . 41
A.5.3 Info . 41
A.5.4 BookInfo . 42
A.5.5 Title . 42
A.5.6 Author . 42
A.5.7 BookID . 42
A.5.8 Publisher . 42
A.5.9 Label . 43
A.5.10 Category . 43
A.5.11 Classification . 43
A.5.12 FreeText . 43
A.5.13 DocInfo . 43
A.5.14 Cthumbnail . 43
A.5.15 Language . 43
A.5.16 Creator . 43
A.5.17 SumPage . 44
A.5.18 Keyword . 44
A.5.19 TOC . 44
A.5.20 TocLabel . 44
A.5.21 Main . 44
A.5.22 Page . 44

A.5.23 Wait . 48
A.5.24 TextBlock . 48
A.5.25 P . 55
A.5.26 Plot . 56
A.5.27 CR . 57
A.5.28 Fill . 57
A.5.29 Space . 57
A.5.30 CharButton . 57
A.5.31 Rubi. 57
A.5.32 Oyamoji . 57
A.5.33 Gaiji . 58
A.5.34 AltString . 58
A.5.35 Org . 58
A.5.36 Alt. 58
A.5.37 Rubimoji . 58
A.5.38 Box . 58
A.5.39 EmpDots . 59
A.5.40 EmpLine . 60
A.5.41 Sub . 60
A.5.42 Sup . 60
A.5.43 Yoko . 60
A.5.44 Tate . 60
A.5.45 Nekase . 60
A.5.46 NoBR . 60
A.5.47 DrawChar . 60
A.5.48 Italic . 61
A.5.49 Bold . 61
A.5.50 ImageBlock . 61
A.5.51 ButtonBlock . 64
A.5.52 BaseButton . 66
A.5.53 FocusinButton . 67
A.5.54 JumpTo . 67
A.5.55 Run . 67
A.5.56 SoundStop . 68
A.5.57 CloseWindow . 68
A.5.58 PushButton . 68
A.5.59 UpButton . 68
A.5.60 Canvas . 69
A.5.61 PutObj . 70
A.5.62 Moveto . 71
A.5.63 Lineto . 71
A.5.64 DrawBox . 72
A.5.65 DrawEllipse . 73
A.5.66 RuledLine . 74
A.5.67 Style .
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IEC 62448 ®
Edition 4.0 2017-11
REDLINE VERSION
INTERNATIONAL
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Multimedia systems and equipment – Multimedia E-publishing and E-books –
Generic format for E-publishing

All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from
either IEC or IEC's member National Committee in the country of the requester. If you have any questions about IEC
copyright or have an enquiry about obtaining additional rights to this publication, please contact the address below or
your local IEC member National Committee for further information.

IEC Central Office Tel.: [phone]
3, rue de Varembé Fax: [phone]
CH-1211 Geneva 20 [e-mail]
Switzerland www.iec.ch
About the IEC
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is the leading global organization that prepares and publishes
International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies.

About IEC publications
The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC. Please make sure that you have the
latest edition, a corrigenda or an amendment might have been published.

IEC Catalogue - webstore.iec.ch/catalogue Electropedia - www.electropedia.org
The stand-alone application for consulting the entire The world's leading online dictionary of electronic and
bibliographical information on IEC International Standards, electrical terms containing 20 000 terms and definitions in
Technical Specifications, Technical Reports and other English and French, with equivalent terms in 16 additional
documents. Available for PC, Mac OS, Android Tablets and languages. Also known as the International Electrotechnical
iPad. Vocabulary (IEV) online.

IEC publications search - www.iec.ch/searchpub IEC Glossary - std.iec.ch/glossary
The advanced search enables to find IEC publications by a 65 000 electrotechnical terminology entries in English and
variety of criteria (reference number, text, technical French extracted from the Terms and Definitions clause of
committee,…). It also gives information on projects, replaced IEC publications issued since 2002. Some entries have been
and withdrawn publications. collected from earlier publications of IEC TC 37, 77, 86 and

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IEC 62448 ®
Edition 4.0 2017-11
REDLINE VERSION
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
colour
inside
Multimedia systems and equipment – Multimedia E-publishing and E-books –

Generic format for E-publishing

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.160.60; 35.240.30 ISBN 978-2-8322-5102-7

– 2 – IEC 62448:2017 RLV © IEC 2017
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 10
INTRODUCTION . 12
1 Scope . 13
2 Normative references . 13
3 Terms and definitions . 13
4 Position and requirements for generic format . 14
4.1 Generic format in contents creation/distribution model . 14
4.2 Requirements for generic format . 14
5 Notation . 14
6 Logical structure . 14
7 Semantics . 17
Annex A (normative) BBeB Xylog format . 18
A.1 General . 18
A.2 Structure description . 18
A.3 Block layout . 37
A.3.1 Layout . 37
A.3.2 Block . 37
A.3.3 Coordinate system . 38
A.4 Terminology . 38
A.4.1 Page layout . 38
A.4.2 Block layout . 39
A.4.3 Data types . 40
A.5 Elements and attributes . 41
A.5.1 BBeBXylog . 41
A.5.2 BookInformation . 41
A.5.3 Info . 41
A.5.4 BookInfo . 42
A.5.5 Title . 42
A.5.6 Author . 42
A.5.7 BookID . 42
A.5.8 Publisher . 42
A.5.9 Label . 43
A.5.10 Category . 43
A.5.11 Classification . 43
A.5.12 FreeText . 43
A.5.13 DocInfo . 43
A.5.14 Cthumbnail . 43
A.5.15 Language . 43
A.5.16 Creator . 43
A.5.17 SumPage . 44
A.5.18 Keyword . 44
A.5.19 TOC . 44
A.5.20 TocLabel . 44
A.5.21 Main . 44
A.5.22 Page . 44

A.5.23 Wait . 48
A.5.24 TextBlock . 48
A.5.25 P . 55
A.5.26 Plot . 56
A.5.27 CR . 57
A.5.28 Fill . 57
A.5.29 Space . 57
A.5.30 CharButton . 57
A.5.31 Rubi. 57
A.5.32 Oyamoji . 57
A.5.33 Gaiji . 58
A.5.34 AltString . 58
A.5.35 Org . 58
A.5.36 Alt. 58
A.5.37 Rubimoji . 58
A.5.38 Box . 58
A.5.39 EmpDots . 59
A.5.40 EmpLine . 60
A.5.41 Sub . 60
A.5.42 Sup . 60
A.5.43 Yoko . 60
A.5.44 Tate . 60
A.5.45 Nekase . 60
A.5.46 NoBR . 60
A.5.47 DrawChar . 60
A.5.48 Italic . 61
A.5.49 Bold . 61
A.5.50 ImageBlock . 61
A.5.51 ButtonBlock . 64
A.5.52 BaseButton . 66
A.5.53 FocusinButton . 67
A.5.54 JumpTo . 67
A.5.55 Run . 67
A.5.56 SoundStop . 68
A.5.57 CloseWindow . 68
A.5.58 PushButton . 68
A.5.59 UpButton . 68
A.5.60 Canvas . 69
A.5.61 PutObj . 70
A.5.62 Moveto . 71
A.5.63 Lineto . 71
A.5.64 DrawBox . 72
A.5.65 DrawEllipse . 73
A.5.66 RuledLine .
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