Glossary

CMS - Content Management System

DAD - Digital Asset Distributor

DAM - Digital Asset Manager

DRM - Digital Rights Management

eBook File Formats

.epub - E publications file format standard as set forth by the IDPF. This file format allows publishers to create one digital book file instead of the six to 10 file formats previously required by different eBook distributors and retailers. The file extension “.epub” refers to two open standards, the Open Publication Structure (OPS) and Open Container Format (OCF), produced by the IDPF.
.pdf - Adobe’s portable document format

IDPF - International Digital Publishing Forum ( www.idpf.org )

Playready - Microsoft’s digital rights management platform