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IEEE-LTSC DREL Meeting

The Open eBook Forum (OeBF) is an international, not-for-profit organization that promotes the development of a thriving ePublishing market. With working groups and committees focused on standards, metadata, rights and rules, the OeBF drives the advancement of publication structure, ensuring fidelity, accuracy, accessibility, and adequate presentation of electronic content across different platforms.

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IEEE-LTSC DREL Meeting

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  1. IEEE-LTSC DREL Meeting The Open eBook Forum Overview Standards Process 2002 Work Plan

  2. Overview • Founded 2000 • International, not-for-profit Organisation • Membership • Publishers • IT Companies • Libraries • Intermediaries • Authors • Mission • To promote the development of a thriving epublishing market • Structure • Board of Directors • Working Groups • Committees • Special Interest Groups

  3. OeBF Activities • Business • Committee driven • Regular bi-weekly Conference Calls • Events to promote the industry • Standards • Working Group driven • Publication Structure • Metadata • Rights and Rules • Systems • Requirements

  4. Publication Structure WG • OeBPS Specification • “… to ensure fidelity, accuracy, accessibility, and adequate presentation of electronic content over various electronic book platforms” • XML based • 1.0.1 published • 1.2 under review • 2.0 due end 2002

  5. Metadata and Identifiers WG • Requirements Process • Information gathered 2001 – mid 2002 • Working towards specifications for… • Identifier for eBooks • Core Metadata set • Metadata modularisation process • Specifications due end 2002

  6. Rights and Rules WG • Building on EBX work (integrated Spring 2001) • Requirements Process • Information gathered 2001 • Requirements produced October 2001 • Rights Expression Language • Trust Model • Other Requirements for Rights and Rules • Working towards specifications for… • Rights Grammar • Security • Rights Expression Language specification due end 2002

  7. The OeBF Standards • Package • OeBPS • Define • Identification • Metadata • Rights Language • Discover • Identification • Metadata • Rights Language • Consume • Rights Language • Security • OeBPS

  8. OeBF and other Standards • MPEG • Begun mid-2000 • Three formal meetings (2001/2) • Rights Grammar Requirements Aligned • Daisy Consortium • Disability SIG • Special interest in Rights Expression Language

  9. OeBF Contacts • President – Steve Potash • Executive Director – Nick Bogaty • www.openebook.org

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