RE: Daisy/Dtbook/OPF simple example

Hi.  I assume you intend to produce according to the Z39.86-2005 standard,
rather than Daisy 2.02.  If you are doing an audio version of a web page,
you are running the XML file through text-to-speech, perhaps using the DAISY
Pipeline?  Will you produce an NCX or SMIL files?  Is there enough
information in the AMIS documentation to tell you what it requires?

At a minimum, I would say that an OPF should have the following items:

Dc:title, dc:publisher, dc:format  and dc:identifier so that, if your
production is distributed, people know what it is and who did it.
Dc:identifier is used in constructing bookmarks in a player.  Dc:format
tells a player what version of the standard the book purports to adhere to.

In the x-metadata section, dtb:title tells a player how long the book is, if
it contains audio.

A manifest section lists all of the files in the book

A spine section lists all of the SMIL files in the book, in reading order.  

I know that the AMIS player, because of the way Daisy 2.02 books were
produced, expects to find separate SMIL files for each navPoint (or at least
the SMIL files are not expected to be very complex. 

I work on this stuff in the Z39.86-2002 format all the time for NLS, and
serve on the committee that is planning how to update the -2005 standard, so
I may be able to help.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arnold Bailey
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 8:18 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Daisy/Dtbook/OPF simple example
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to develop a prototype to present, to  the viewer, audio (from
> a DAISY file) of the web page. I'm using an Open Office extension to
> create a dtbook xml file. I have to create an OPF (package) file to
> describe it before it can be input to the audio application (AMIS). The
> document is pretty basic. I'm just trying to debug the process. Does
> anyone know where I can get some simple examples of how to create this opf
> file? I've looked at some of the NAMIS examples; but, they involve full
> books and are fairly complex. Any inputadvice/guidance would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Arnold
> 


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