BS IEC 62448 discusses multimedia systems with a focus on multimedia E-publishing and E-books and generic format for E-publishing. BS IEC 62448 specifies a generic format for multimedia e-publishing employed for e-book data interchange among data preparers and publishers, satisfying a number of publishers requirements: revisable, extensible, and heterogeneous logical structure.
BS IEC 62448 on Multimedia E-publishing and E-books is useful for:
BS IEC 62448 defines the Text Block, Image Block, Button Block, and Canvas elements. These are positioned on a "Page" as a "Block". These are described as sub-elements of the Page element with the Block Space element that indicates the relative arrangement position. BS IEC 62448 uses a two-dimensional coordinate system (X, Y) that depends on the vertical layout or the horizontal layout.
BS IEC 62448 is specified for two kinds of users: the e-book contents producer and the related tool developer. Those who produce content use this specification as a generic contents data storage format based on the international standard. The related tool developer can use it as a reference to specify the rules for the display equipment and to define the conversion rule between this document and the other data forms such as any types of XML or HTML.
BS IEC 62448:2018 supersedes BS IEC 62448:2013, which is withdrawn. BS IEC 62448:2018 includes some technical changes with respect to BS IEC 62448:2013.
These include:
IEC 62448:2017