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

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

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

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

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

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

The OeBF Standards  Package OeBPS  Define Identification Metadata Rights Language  Discover Identification Metadata Rights Language  Consume Rights Language Security OeBPS

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

OeBF Contacts  President – Steve Potash  Executive Director – Nick Bogaty 