Jia Zhang

In 2010, ePUB standard has become one of the major public e-book formats being used in the world which accounts for its important role in mobile learning and reading behavior. The ITS Lab of National Taiwan Normal University, establishing this study on many years of mobile learning research experience, employs the RIA (Rich Internet / Interaction / Interface Application) concept to the existing standard structure to come up with a new generation of e-book format—XePUB, an innovative format to improve traditional ePUB in multiple interactions and intelligence-extended functions.

 

It includes two main technologies: Intelligence Analysis Script (IAS) and Record Data Base (RDB). IAS is used to enhance the application of multiple reading tactics in ePUB, including online community, online sharing, knowledge base connections, and richer interactions. RDB is an integration of OPF / OPS and personal reading behaviors that provides notes, adaptive reading adjustments, and copyright protection. XePUB nevertheless still follows the OCF standard to enable its compatibility with the traditional ePUB.  [other research]  [contact me]