ISO/IEC TS 30135-2:2014

TECHNICAL ISO/IEC
SPECIFICATION TS
30135-2
First edition
2014-11-15
Information technology — Digital
publishing — EPUB3 —
Part 2:
Publications
Technologies de l'information — Publications numériques — EPUB3 —
Partie 2: Publications
Reference number
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Foreword
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ISO/IEC TS 30135 series were prepared by Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (as KS X 6070
series) with International Digital Publishing Forum and were adopted, under a special “fast-track procedure”,
by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, in parallel with its approval by the
national bodies of ISO and IEC.
ISO/IEC TS 30135 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology — Document
description and processing languages — EPUB 3:
—  Part 1: Overview
—  Part 2: Publications
—  Part 3: Content Documents
—  Part 4: Open Container Format
—  Part 5: Media Overlay
—  Part 6: Canonical Fragment Identifier
—  Part 7: Fixed-Layout Documents

EPUB Publications 3.0
Recommended Specification 11 October 2011
THIS VERSION
http://www.idpf.org/epub/30/spec/epub30-publications-20111011.html
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http://www.idpf.org/epub/30/spec/epub30-publications.html
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http://www.idpf.org/epub/30/spec/epub30-publications-20110908.html
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Please refer to the errata for this document, which may include some normative corrections.
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Editors
Markus Gylling, DAISY Consortium
William McCoy, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
Matt Garrish, Invited Expert
TAB LE O F CO NTENTS
1. Overview
1.1. Purpose and Scope
1.2. Terminology
1.3. Conformance Statements
2. EPUB Publications
2.1. Content Conformance
2.2. Reading System Conformance
3. Package Documents
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Content Conformance
3.3. Reading System Conformance
3.4. Package Document Definition
3.4.1. The package Element
3.4.2. The metadata Element
3.4.3. The DCMES identifier Element
3.4.4. The DCMES title Element
3.4.5. The DCMES language Element
3.4.6. The DCMES Optional Elements
3.4.7. The meta Element
3.4.8. The meta Element (OPF2) [OBSOLETE]
3.4.9. The link Element
3.4.10. The manifest Element
3.4.11. The item Element
3.4.12. The spine Element
3.4.13. The itemref Element
3.4.14. The guide Element [DEPRECATED]
3.4.15. The bindings Element
3.4.16. The mediaType Element
4. Package Metadata
4.1. Publication Identifiers
4.1.1. Unique Identifier
4.1.2. Package Identifier
4.2. Vocabulary Association Mechanisms
4.2.1. Overview
4.2.2. Default Vocabulary
4.2.3. Reserved Vocabularies
4.2.4. The prefix Attribute
4.2.5. The property Data Type
4.2.5.1. Syntax
4.2.5.2. Processing
4.3. Package Metadata Vocabulary
4.3.1. Overview
4.3.2. Metadata meta Properties
4.3.3. Metadata link Properties
4.3.4. Manifest item Properties
4.3.5. Spine itemref Properties
5. Publication Resources
5.1. Core Media Types
5.2. Restrictions and Fallbacks
5.2.1. Foreign Resource Restrictions
5.2.2. Manifest Fallbacks
5.3. Publication Resource Locations
5.4. XML Conformance
A. Package Document Schema
B. The application/oebps-package+xml Media Type
C. Acknowledgements and Contributors
References
› 1 Overview
› 1.1 Purpose and Scope
This section is informative
This specification, EPUB Publications 3.0, defines publication-level semantics and conformance
requirements for EPUB® 3, including the format of the Package Document and rules for how this
document and other Publication Resources are associated to create a conforming EPUB Publication.
This specification is one of a family of related specifications that compose EPUB 3, the third major
revision of an interchange and delivery format for digital publications based on XML and Web Standards. It
is meant to be read and understood in concert with the other specifications that make up EPUB 3:
The EPUB 3 Overview [EPUB3Overview], which provides an informative overview of EPUB and a
roadmap to the rest of the EPUB 3 documents. The Overview should be read first.
EPUB Content Documents 3.0 [ContentDocs30], which defines profiles of XHTML, SVG and CSS
for use in the context of EPUB Publications.

EPUB Open Container Format (OCF) 3.0 [OCF3], which defines a file format and processing
model for encapsulating a set of related resources into a single-file (ZIP) EPUB Container.
EPUB Media Overlays 3.0 [MediaOverlays30], which defines a format and a processing model for
synchronization of text and audio.
This specification supersedes Open Package Format 2.0.1 [OPF2]. Refer to [EPUB3Changes] for
information on differences between this specification and its predecessor.
› 1.2 Terminology
EPUB Publication (or Publication)
A logical document entity consisting of a set of interrelated resources and packaged in an
EPUB Container, as defined by this specification and its sibling specifications.
Publication Resource
A resource that contains content or instructions that contribute to the logic and rendering of
the EPUB Publication. In the absence of this resource, the Publication might not render as
intended by the Author. Examples of Publication Resources include the Package Document,
EPUB Content Documents, EPUB Style Sheets, audio, video, images, embedded fonts and
scripts.
With the exception of the Package Document itself, Publication Resources must be listed in
the manifest and must be bundled in the EPUB container file unless specified otherwise in
Publication Resource Locations.
Examples of resources that are not Publication Resources include those identified by the
Package Document link element and those identified in outbound hyperlinks that resolve
outside the EPUB Container (e.g., referenced from an [HTML5] a element href attribute).
Foreign Resource
A Publication Resource that is not a Core Media Type. A Foreign Resource requires at least
one fallback, as defined in Restrictions and Fallbacks.
Core Media Type Resource
A Publication Resource that is a Core Media Type and may therefore be included in the
EPUB Publication without the provision of fallbacks.
EPUB Content Document
A Publication Resource that conforms to one of the EPUB Content Document definitions
(XHTML or SVG).
An EPUB Content Document is a Core Media Type, and may therefore be included in the
EPUB Publication without the provision of fallbacks.
XHTML Content Document
An EPUB Content Document conforming to the profile of [HTML5] defined in XHTML Content
Documents [ContentDocs30].
XHTML Content Documents use the XHTML syntax of [HTML5].
SVG Content Document
An EPUB Content Document conforming to the constraints expressed in SVG Content
Documents [ContentDocs30].
EPUB Navigation Document
A specialization of the XHTML Content Document, containing human- and machine-readable
global navigation information, conforming to the constraints expressed in EPUB Navigation
Documents [ContentDocs30].
Scripted Content Document
An EPUB Content Document that includes scripting or an XHTML Content Document that
contains HTML5 forms elements.
Refer to Scripted Content Documents [ContentDocs30] for more information.
Top-level Content Document
An EPUB Content Document referenced directly from the spine
Core Media Type
A set of Publication Resource types for which no fallback is required. Refer to Publication
Resources for more information.
Package Document
A Publication Resource carrying bibliographical and structural metadata about the EPUB
Publication, as defined in Package Documents.
Manifestation
The digital (or physical) embodiment of a work of intellectual content. Changes to the content
such as significant revision, abridgement, translation, or the realization of the content in a
different digital or physical form result in a new manifestation. There may be many individual
but identical copies of a manifestation, termed 'instances' or 'items'. The ISBN is an example
of a manifestation identifier, and is shared by all instances of that manifestation.
All instances of a manifestation need not be bit-for-bit identical, as minor corrections or
revisions are not judged to create a new manifestation or work.
Unique Identifier
The Unique Identifier is the primary identifier for an EPUB Publication, as identified by the
unique-identifier attribute. The Unique Identifier may be shared by one or many
Manifestations of the same work that conform to the EPUB standard and embody the same
content, where the differences between the Manifestations are limited to those changes that
take account of differences between EPUB Reading Systems (and which themselves may
require changes in the ISBN).
The Unique Identifier is less granular than the ISBN. However, significant revision,
abridgement, etc. of the content requires a new Unique Identifier.
Package Identifier
The Package Identifier allows any instance of an EPUB Publication to be compared against
another to determine if they are identical, different versions of the same Manifestation, or
unrelated.
Refer to Package Identifier for more information.
Manifest
A list of all Publication Resources that constitute the EPUB Publication.
Refer to manifest for more information.
Spine
An ordered list of Publication Resources, typically EPUB Content Documents, representing

the default reading order of the Publication.
Refer to spine for more information.
Media Overlay Document
An XML document that associates the XHTML Content Document with pre-recorded audio
narration in order to provide a synchronized playback experience, as defined in
[MediaOverlays30].
Text-to-Speech (TTS)
The rendering of the textual content of an EPUB Publication as artificial human speech using
a synthesized voice.
EPUB Style Sheet (or Style Sheet)
A CSS Style Sheet conforming to the CSS profile defined in EPUB Style Sheets
[ContentDocs30].
Viewport
The region of an EPUB Reading System in which the content of an EPUB Publication is
rendered visually to a User.
CSS Viewport
A Viewport capable of displaying CSS-styled content.
EPUB Container (or Container)
The ZIP-based packaging and distribution format for EPUB Publications defined in [OCF3].
Author
The person(s) or organization responsible for the creation of an EPUB Publication, which is
not necessarily the creator of the content and resources it contains.
User
An individual that consumes an EPUB Publication using an EPUB Reading System.
EPUB Reading System (or Reading System)
A system that processes EPUB Publications for presentation to a User in a manner
conformant with this specification and its sibling specifications.
› 1.3 Conformance Statements
The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD
NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described
in [RFC2119].
All sections of this specification are normative except where identified by the informative status label
"This section is informative". The application of informative status to sections and appendices applies to
all child content and subsections they may contain.
All examples in this specification are informative.
› 2 EPUB Publications
This section defines conformance requirements for EPUB Publications and EPUB Reading Systems at
the Publication level. Conformance requirements particular to specific Publication Resources and
processing contexts
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