EPUB
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EPUB is a widely used open e-book file format designed for reflowable digital publications that can adapt to different screen sizes and devices.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EPUB canonical | 4 |
| EPUB 3 | 3 |
| EPUB 2 | 1 |
| EPUB 3.2 | 1 |
| EPUB 3.3 | 1 |
| EPUB via Sphinx | 1 |
| Kobo EPUB | 1 |
| Open eBook | 1 |
| Open eBook Publication Structure | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3571153 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EPUB Context triple: [Project Gutenberg, fileFormat, EPUB]
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A.
KPUB
KPUB is the ICAO airport code for Pueblo Memorial Airport, a public airport serving Pueblo, Colorado, in the United States.
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B.
Kobo e-readers
Kobo e-readers are a line of digital reading devices known for their wide format support, integration with public libraries, and openness compared to many competing platforms.
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C.
Kindle
Kindle is Amazon’s line of portable e-readers designed primarily for reading digital books and other electronic publications.
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D.
Rocket eBook at NuvoMedia
Rocket eBook at NuvoMedia was one of the first commercially produced handheld electronic book readers, co-developed by engineer and entrepreneur Marc Tarpenning in the late 1990s.
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E.
Nook e-reader
The Nook e-reader is Barnes & Noble’s line of electronic reading devices designed for purchasing, downloading, and reading digital books and other publications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EPUB Target entity description: EPUB is a widely used open e-book file format designed for reflowable digital publications that can adapt to different screen sizes and devices.
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A.
KPUB
KPUB is the ICAO airport code for Pueblo Memorial Airport, a public airport serving Pueblo, Colorado, in the United States.
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B.
Kobo e-readers
Kobo e-readers are a line of digital reading devices known for their wide format support, integration with public libraries, and openness compared to many competing platforms.
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C.
Kindle
Kindle is Amazon’s line of portable e-readers designed primarily for reading digital books and other electronic publications.
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D.
Rocket eBook at NuvoMedia
Rocket eBook at NuvoMedia was one of the first commercially produced handheld electronic book readers, co-developed by engineer and entrepreneur Marc Tarpenning in the late 1990s.
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E.
Nook e-reader
The Nook e-reader is Barnes & Noble’s line of electronic reading devices designed for purchasing, downloading, and reading digital books and other publications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
e-book file format
ⓘ
open standard ⓘ |
| basedOn |
CSS
ⓘ
XHTML ⓘ XML ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
desktop reading software
ⓘ
e-readers ⓘ smartphones ⓘ tablets ⓘ |
| conformsTo | Open Web Platform technologies ⓘ |
| containerFormat | ZIP ⓘ |
| designedFor |
adaptation to different screen sizes
ⓘ
reflowable content ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .epub ⓘ |
| fullName | Electronic Publication ⓘ |
| goal |
interoperable e-book format
ⓘ
vendor-neutral distribution format ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
META-INF/container.xml
ⓘ
NCX or navigation document ⓘ OPF package document ⓘ content documents ⓘ mimetype file ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
W3C
ⓘ
linked to:
World Wide Web Consortium
W3C Publishing Working Group ⓘ
linked to:
W3C Working Group
|
| mediaType | application/epub+zip ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Open eBook
ⓘ
linked to:
EPUB
|
| replaced |
Open eBook Publication Structure
ⓘ
linked to:
EPUB
|
| standardizedBy |
International Digital Publishing Forum
ⓘ
World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ |
| supports |
JavaScript
ⓘ
accessibility features ⓘ audio ⓘ digital rights management (via container) ⓘ embedded fonts ⓘ fixed-layout publications ⓘ images ⓘ metadata ⓘ reflowable layout ⓘ table of contents ⓘ text-based e-books ⓘ video ⓘ |
| usedFor |
digital books
ⓘ
digital magazines ⓘ digital newspapers ⓘ educational textbooks ⓘ technical documentation ⓘ |
| version |
EPUB 2
ⓘ
linked to:
EPUB
EPUB 3 ⓘ
linked to:
EPUB
EPUB 3.2 ⓘ
linked to:
EPUB
EPUB 3.3 ⓘ
linked to:
EPUB
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: EPUB Description of subject: EPUB is a widely used open e-book file format designed for reflowable digital publications that can adapt to different screen sizes and devices.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: EPUB
linked to: EPUB
linked to: EPUB
linked to: EPUB
linked to: EPUB