IEC 62605:2021

Multimedia systems and equipment - Multimedia e-publishing and e-books - Interchange format for e-dictionaries

IEC 62605:2021

Name:IEC 62605:2021   Standard name:Multimedia systems and equipment - Multimedia e-publishing and e-books - Interchange format for e-dictionaries
Standard number:IEC 62605:2021   language:English language
Release Date:29-Aug-2021   technical committee:TA 10 - Multimedia e-publishing and e-book technologies
Drafting committee:MT 62605 - TC 100/TA 1/MT 62605   ICS number:33.160.60 - Multimedia systems and teleconferencing equipment

IEC 62605
Edition 3.0 2021-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Multimedia systems and equipment – Multimedia e-publishing and e-books –
Interchange format for e-dictionaries





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IEC 62605
Edition 3.0 2021-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Multimedia systems and equipment – Multimedia e-publishing and e-books –

Interchange format for e-dictionaries

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.160.60; 35.240.20; 35.240.30 ISBN 978-2-8322-9917-3

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 8
INTRODUCTION . 10
1 Scope . 11
2 Normative references . 11
3 Terms and definitions . 11
4 Position and requirements for interchange format for e-dictionaries . 11
4.1 Interchange format for e-dictionaries in contents creation/distribution model . 11
4.2 Requirements for interchange format for e-dictionaries . 12
5 File formats . 12
6 Semantics . 13
Annex A (normative) XMDF-LeXML format . 14
A.1 General . 14
A.2 Overview of the format's structure . 14
A.3 Elements and attributes . 15
A.3.1 General . 15
A.3.2 Page_ID . 15
A.3.3 Object_ID . 15
A.3.4 Char_ID . 15
A.3.5 Reading . 16
A.3.6 Filename . 16
A.3.7 Standard character . 16
A.3.8 Standard character string . 17
A.3.9 Extended character . 17
A.3.10 Extended character string . 17
A.3.11 External character . 17
A.3.12 External character string . 19
A.3.13 External extended character string . 19
A.3.14 Coordinates . 19
A.3.15 Polygonal_region . 20
A.3.16 Colour . 20
A.3.17 Date . 21
A.3.18 Time . 21
A.3.19 Country . 21
A.3.20 Personal_name . 22
A.3.21 Organization_name . 23
A.3.22 Address . 23
A.3.23 Permission . 25
A.3.24 Keyword . 27
A.3.25 Telephone_number . 27
A.3.26 Mail_address . 28
A.4 Description format details . 28
A.4.1 General . 28
A.4.2 Book information modules . 29
A.4.3 Content management module . 44
A.4.4 Event info module . 62
A.4.5 Parts data module . 68

A.4.6 Object instances . 74
A.5 Available colour names . 122
A.6 Localization . 123
A.6.1 Possible additions . 123
A.6.2 Standard characters . 123
A.6.3 Characters usable for reading . 124
A.6.4 Line breaking methods . 124
A.6.5 Sorting rules for . 125
A.6.6 Additional attributes for . 126
A.6.7 Normalization methods for . 127
A.6.8 Character encoding conversions . 128
A.7 Adaptation . 128
A.8 Specification of the XMDF-LeXML format in the RELAX NG syntax . 128
Annex B (normative) LeXML format . 151
B.1 General . 151
B.2 Elements for content structure . 151
B.2.1 Parameter entity definition . 151
B.2.2 Root elements . 152
B.2.3 headword-related elements . 155
B.2.4 Main-text related elements. 161
B.2.5 Subheadword related elements . 167
B.2.6 Other block elements . 172
B.2.7 Media related elements . 176
B.2.8 Other structural elements . 178
B.3 Inline elements . 184
B.3.1 Labels . 184
B.3.2 pronunciation/accent related elements . 187
B.3.3 Part-of-speech related and other elements . 189
B.3.4 Example-related elements . 190
B.3.5 Other dictionary-specific elements . 193
B.3.6 Text-decoration related elements . 203
B.3.7 Typesetting-related elements . 209
B.3.8 Other elements . 212
B.3.9 Kanbun-related elements . 219
B.3.10 Mathematical formula-related data structure . 223
B.4 Specification of the LeXML format in the DTD syntax . 223
Bibliography . 240

Figure 1 – Contents creation/distribution model . 11
Figure 2 – Contents creation/distribution model (modified) . 12
Figure 3 – Relationship between concepts . 12
Figure A.1 – XML tree structure . 14
Figure A.2 – Example of Page_ID . 15
Figure A.3 – Example of Object ID . 15
Figure A.4 – Examples of Char_ID . 15
Figure A.5 – Example of reading . 16
Figure A.6 – Example of filename . 16

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Figure A.7 – Examples of the external_char element . 19
Figure A.8 – Examples of external character string . 19
Figure A.9 – Examples of coordinates . 20
Figure A.10 – Examples of the vertex element . 20
Figure A.11 – Examples of colour .
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