[Dtb-talk] Fwd: ZedAI Announcement - Revision of the DAISY Standard

[David Andrews]

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> >>> Varju Luceno <varju.luceno at gmail.com> 6/1/2009 12:19 PM >>>
>Hi everyone,
>The DAISY (ANSI/NISO Z39.86 Specifications for the Digital Talking Book)
>Authoring and Interchange Framework - ZedAI, is a specification that defines
>an XML-based framework which can be used by content producers to represent
>various types of information in an extensible, standards-compliant way.
>The ZedAI Framework is part of the major revision of the DAISY Standard
>under the auspices of NISO. This framework builds on established standards
>from the W3C and ISO. By using a standardized format, organizations ensure
>interoperability and coexistence. In addition, by using existing standards
>where available, we are saving time by building on the recognized 
>efforts of others.
>ZedAI is an authoring format. It does not impose any limitations on 
>what kinds
>of distribution formats can be created from it. We know that by building
>the ZedAI framework to be extensible and adaptable at multiple levels,
>support for new output formats can be added and implemented as the 
>need arises.
>The first public early access draft is now available at:
><http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2010/>http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2010/
>We would like to thank all ZedAI Working Group members for their efforts!
>Your feedback is very important! We encourage comments and 
>suggestions through the
>ZedNext Forum at: 
><http://www.daisy.org/forums/forum/4>http://www.daisy.org/forums/forum/4.
>Kind regards,
>Varju Luceno
>Communications and Marketing Specialist
><http://www.daisy.org/>DAISY <http://www.daisy.org/>Consortium