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Format

Daisy Talking Book Resource File

Summary

Name
Daisy Talking Book Resource File
Version
3
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/2034
Format type
Audio
Description
DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) is a type of digital book format conceived in 1988 as a way of creating talking books for the visually impaired. The books are actually a package of interoperable files.The ncx file is the first file accessed since it lays out the navigation for the whole Daisy Talking Book.
Note
https://daisy.org/activities/standards/daisy/daisy-3/z39-86-2005-r2012-specifications-for-the-digital-talking-book/ https://www.niso.org/publications/ansiniso-z3986-2005-r2012-specifications-digital-talking-book https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2024/10/04/daisy/ https://github.com/digital-preservation/PRONOM_Research/tree/main/Submissions/Daisy
File extensions
res
Submitted by
Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Developed by
The DAISY Consortium / The DAISY Consortium
Supported by
The DAISY Consortium / The DAISY Consortium

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Daisy Talking Book Resource file v.3

Description
BOF offset 0-3: <?xml version=("|')1.0("|'){0-256}<resources EOF offset 0-16: </resources>

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
3
Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C2076657273696F6E3D(22|27)312E30(22|27){0-256}3C7265736F7572636573
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
16
Byte Sequence
3C2F7265736F75726365733E
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V120

    Release date
    25 February 2025
    • Added format

      Daisy Talking Book Resource File v.3: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Library of Estonia and Brigham Young University.

    • Added signature

      Daisy Talking Book Resource File v.3: Signature researched and samples provided by The National Library of Estonia and Brigham Young University.