DTBook

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DTBook ( acronym for Daisy Digital Talking Book ) or DAISY XML is an XML -based document format for texts . It can be used in EPUB - e-books and DAISY audio books , among others . In contrast to document formats such as ODF, DTBook is not format-oriented but structure-oriented and, compared to other structure-oriented formats such as DocBook and TEI, relatively simple. It was developed by the Daisy consortium as a barrier-free format based on HTML with special consideration of the requirements of the visually impaired . Therefore, it places an emphasis on clear, unambiguous navigation and the explanation of visual elements. DTBook is being developed by the Daisy consortium and is defined with a DTD as part of the NISO standard Z39.86-2005.

NIMAS

A subset of the XML elements of DTBook form the NIMAS (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard), a US standard for electronic school books for the visually impaired. NIMAS documents are valid according to the DTBook-DTD .

example

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <!DOCTYPE dtbook
  PUBLIC "-//NISO//DTD dtbook 2005-3//EN"
  "http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/dtbook-2005-3.dtd">
  <dtbook version="2005-3" xml:lang="de-DE">
    <head>
      <meta name="dc:Title" content="Hallo Welt"/>
    </head>
    <book>
      <bodymatter>
        <level1>
          <h1>Hallo Welt</h1>
          <p>Das ist ein Beispieltext.</p>
        </level1>
      </bodymatter>
    </book>
  </dtbook>

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