TA 10 - Multimedia e-publishing and e-book technologies

IEC 62605:2021 specifies the interchange format for e-dictionaries among publishers, content creators and manufacturers.
This document does not address the following aspects:
• data formats for reading devices;
• elements necessary for final print reproduction only;
• rendering issues related to physical devices;
• security issues such as DRM for documents.
IEC 62605:2021 cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2016. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
The format described in Annex B was significantly enhanced in the following ways:
a) elements to enhance uses of data (e.g. web-related usage);
b) attribute for accessibility-related functions;
c) attributes for more detailed markup for data reusability.

IEC 62448:2017 is also available as IEC 62448:2017 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.
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.

IEC 63029:2017 specifies the scanning scheme to develop raster-graphics image-based e-books from existing printed books.
The contents of the corrigendum of January 2018 have been included in this copy.

IEC TS 62229:2017(E) describes a conceptual model for multimedia e-publishing and e-book. The conceptual model is specified from the standardization point of view in order to clarify the functionality of e-publishing/e-book components and the relationships between them and to define e-publishing services. The model provides the key technology to be standardized in the e-publishing environment. The modelling is not intended for actual implementation of a system or system components for e-publishing. The modelling is expected to be used as a reference for discussing and developing new standardization work on multimedia e-publishing and e-books and, therefore, to contribute to the expansion of the international and domestic markets for multimedia e-publishing and e-book.

IEC TR 63020:2016(E) provides information related to digital sheet music. It starts with a brief overview of the sheet music market and then explains the use cases for traditional sheet music as well as additional use cases for digitized sheet music (digital sheet music). Finally, it shows examples of each area of technology areas.

IEC 62875:2015 specifies the printing quality of the texture map on paper. The texture map for auditory presentation of printed texts is printed on paper or shown on display devices.

IEC/TR 62780:2012(E) provides protection schemes against mechanical stress during distribution or keeping of e-books (see IEC 62229) stored in interchangeable optical storage media such as CDs and DVDs, and shows the stress-strain characteristics of the interchangeable storage media from which the protection schemes are derived.

IEC 62571:2011 defines requirements and provides recommendations to publishers, software developers, content providers, and hardware manufacturers for the data structure, usability requirements, playback systems and delivery systems for audiobooks in digital file format. It should be noted that throughout this International Standard, the term audiobook is defined as any audio file or collection of audio files of primarily spoken word content that are played in a linear or specified order. Therefore, spoken word audio with occasional music, a narration of newspaper articles, or other similar spoken word audio is assimilated to audiobooks in this standard. This bilingual version (2011-07) replaces the English version.

IEC 62524:2009 specifies a reader's format for multimedia e-publishing employed for e-book data interchange among publishers and readers, satisfying a number of readers' requirements such as being non-revisable, equipment-adaptive and application-adaptive.