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* Google develops its own standard for E-Books and forces this standard to the users. | * Google develops its own standard for E-Books and forces this standard to the users. | ||
* Adobe has a lot of interest in its PDF standard and is not willing to give it up for a unified standard. | * Adobe has a lot of interest in its PDF standard and is not willing to give it up for a unified standard. | ||
* Open source communities have several own standards that do not match the proposed unified standard. | * Open source communities have several own standards that do not match the proposed unified standard. | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 5 March 2007
Description
At this moment there is no unified standard for E-Books. As can be seen in other technologies like HTML, XML etc. standards are developed by independent forums and open source initiatives. Since the E-Book is becoming more and more popular a standard for that will be made available in the near future. This standard will be used for all E-Books and will also contain a form of digital rights management to protect the copyright owner. Sources for this are International Digital Publish Forum.
Enablers
Inhibitors
- Google develops its own standard for E-Books and forces this standard to the users.
- Adobe has a lot of interest in its PDF standard and is not willing to give it up for a unified standard.
- Open source communities have several own standards that do not match the proposed unified standard.