Rainbow Books#Yellow Book (1988)
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The Rainbow Books are a collection of CD format specifications, generally written and published by the companies involved in their development, including Philips, Sony, Matsushita and JVC, among others.
A number of these specifications have been officially adopted by established standards bodies, including the ISO, IEC, and ECMA.
''Red Book'' (1980) {{anchor|Red Book}}
- CD-DA (Digital Audio) – originally published by Philips and Sony in 1981,{{cite book |author=N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken and Sony Corporation |date= 1981|title= Compact Disc Digital Audio System Description|publisher= }} it was later standardized as IEC 60908:1987{{citation |url=https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/18347 |author=International Electrotechnical Commission|year=1987|title=IEC 60908:1987 Compact disc digital audio system |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904041217/https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/18347 |url-status=live }} and later IEC 60908:1999.{{citation |url=https://webstore.iec.ch/preview/info_iec60908%7Bed2.0%7Db.pdf |author=International Organization for Standardization|year=1999|title=IEC 60908:1999 Audio recording – Compact disc digital audio system |access-date=6 May 2015 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016064048/https://webstore.iec.ch/preview/info_iec60908%7Bed2.0%7Db.pdf |url-status=live }}
- CD-Text – a 1996 extension to CD-DA
- CD-MIDI – part of the original Red Book standard
- CD+G (plus Graphics) – an extension of the Red Book specifications used mainly for karaoke
- CD+EG (plus Extended Graphics) – an extension of CD+G
''Yellow Book'' (1983) {{anchor|Yellow Book}}
- CD-ROM (Read-Only Memory){{cite web|date=June 6, 1994|title=InfoWorld Vol. 16, No. 23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88|access-date=March 25, 2020|publisher=InfoWorld|page=88}}{{cite web|date=April 15–18, 1996|title=Proceedings of the 5th Annual Federal Depository Library Conference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q6fd2zvM41YC&pg=PA11|access-date=February 10, 2022|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=11}} – originally developed by Philips and Sony,{{Cite book |author=Philips Electronics N.V., and Sony Corporation |title=Compact Disc Read Only Memory System Description|publisher= |year=1983 |location= }} it was standardized as ISO/IEC 10149{{cite web|url=https://iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=25869|title=ISO/IEC 10149:1995 – Information technology – Data interchange on read-only 120 mm optical data disks (CD-ROM)|year=1995|author=International Organization for Standardization|access-date=August 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115213634/https://www.iso.org/standard/25869.html|archive-date=January 15, 2019|url-status=live}} in 1988 and ECMA-130{{cite web|url=https://www.ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-130_2nd_edition_june_1996.pdf |title=Data Interchange on Read-only 120 mm Optical Data Disks (CD-ROM) |publisher=ECMA |date=June 1996 |access-date=December 31, 2023}} in 1989
- CD-ROM XA (eXtended Architecture) – a 1991 extension of CD-ROM, developed by Philips and Sony{{Cite book |author=Philips Electronics N.V., and Sony Corporation |title=System Description CD-ROM XA |publisher=Philips Intellectual Property and Standards |year=1991 |location=Eindhoven, The Netherlands}}
''Green Book'' (1986) {{anchor|Green Book}}
- CD-i (Interactive) – standard developed and published by Phillips.{{cite book |author=Philips Consumer Electronics B.V; and Sony Corporation |url=https://www.lscdweb.com/data/downloadables/2/8/cdi_may94_r2.pdf |title=Green Book Version May 1994, Release 2 |year=1994 |publisher=Royal Philips Electronics System Standards & Licensing |location=Eindhoven, The Netherlands |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809203405/https://www.lscdweb.com/data/downloadables/2/8/cdi_may94_r2.pdf |url-status=live}}
''Orange Book'' (1990) {{anchor|Orange Book}}
Orange is a reference to the fact that red and yellow mix to orange. This correlates with the fact that CD-R and CD-RW are capable of audio ("Red") and data ("Yellow"); although other colors (other CD standards) that do not mix are capable of being burned onto the physical medium. Orange Book also introduced the standard for multisession writing.
- CD-MO (Magneto-Optical){{Cite book |author=Philips Electronics N.V., and Sony Corporation |title=Recordable Compact Disc Systems System Description, Part I: CD-MO |publisher=Philips Intellectual Property and Standards |year=1990 |location=Eindhoven, The Netherlands|url=https://archive.org/details/sony-philips-compact-disc-recordable-compact-disc-systems-part-i-cd-mo-part-ii-c/|access-date=November 1, 2024}}
- CD-R (Recordable) alias CD-WO (Write Once) alias CD-WORM (Write Once, Read Many) – originally developed by Sony and Philips,{{Cite book |author=Philips Electronics N.V., and Sony Corporation |title=Recordable Compact Disc Systems System Description, Part II: CD-WO |publisher=Philips Intellectual Property and Standards |year=1990 |location=Eindhoven, The Netherlands|url=https://archive.org/details/sony-philips-compact-disc-recordable-compact-disc-systems-part-i-cd-mo-part-ii-c/Sony%20-%20Philips%20-%20Compact%20Disc%20-%20Recordable%20Compact%20Disc%20Systems%20-%20Part%20I%20CD-MO%20-%20Part%20II%20CD-WO%20-%20System%20Descriptions%20-%20November%201990/|access-date=November 1, 2024}} it was partially standardized as ECMA-394.{{cite book |author=Ecma |url=https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-394_1st_edition_december_2010.pdf |title=ECMA-394. Recordable compact disc systems CD-R multi-speed. 1st edition, December 2010 |access-date=October 30, 2024 |year=2010 |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227142743/https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-394_1st_edition_december_2010.pdf |url-status=live }}
- CD-RW (ReWritable) alias CD-E (Eraseable) – originally developed by Philips, Sony and Ricoh,{{Cite book |author=Philips Electronics N.V.; Ricoh Company, Limited; and Sony Corporation |title=Compact Disc ReWriteable System Description|publisher=Philips Intellectual Property & Standards |year=1996 |location=Eindhoven, The Netherlands|url=https://archive.org/details/orange-book-part-iii/}} it was partially standardized as ECMA-395.{{cite book |author=Ecma |url=https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-395_1st_edition_december_2010.pdf |title=ECMA-394. Recordable compact disc systems CD-RW multi-speed. 1st edition, December 2010 |access-date=October 31, 2024 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |year=2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715022313/https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-395_1st_edition_december_2010.pdf |url-status=live }}
''Beige Book'' (1992) {{anchor|Beige Book}}
- Photo CD (Photo) — proprietary standard jointly developed by Philips and Eastman Kodak;{{cite book |author=Eastman Kodak Corporation and Philips Electronics N.V. |date= 1994|title= System Description Photo CD|publisher= }} never released to the public{{Cite web |title=Archive File Formats |url=https://www.dpbestflow.org/file-format/archive-file-formats#format|author=Richard Anderson|publisher=American Society of Media Photographers|access-date=October 31, 2024|date= September 22, 2015 }}
''White Book'' (1993) {{anchor|White Book}}
The White Book refers to a standard of compact disc that stores pictures and video.
- CD-i Bridge{{Cite book |author=Philips Electronics N.V. and Sony Corporation |title=CD-I Bridge Specification |year=1995 |url=https://archive.org/details/cd-i-bridge-specification/|access-date=October 31, 2024}} - a bridge format between CD-ROM XA and the Green Book CD-i, which is the base format for Video CDs, Super Video CDs and Photo CDs.
- VCD (Video) – a standard jointly developed and published by JVC, Matsushita, Philips and Sony.{{cite book |author=Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Philips Electronics N.V; and Sony Corporation|date= 1994|title= Video CD Specifications|publisher= }}
- SVCD (Super Video, 1998) – a 1998 extension of VCD, standardized as IEC 62107 in 2000.{{cite web|url=https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/6468|title=IEC 62107:2000 – Super video compact disc - Disc-interchange system-specification|year=2000|author=International Electrotechnical Commission|access-date=October 30, 2024}}
''Blue Book'' (1995) {{anchor|Blue Book}}
The Blue Book is a compact disc standard that defines the Enhanced Music CD format, which combines audio tracks and data tracks on the same disc.
- E-CD/CD+/CD Extra (Enhanced){{cite book |author=Microsoft Corporation, Philips Electronics N.V., and Sony Corporation |date= 1995|title= Enhanced Music CD Specification|publisher=Philips Consumer Electronics B.V. Coordination Office Optical & Magnetic Media Systems|url=https://archive.org/details/sony-philips-compact-disc-digital-audio-enhanced-music-cd-specificiation-version/}} – a standard jointly developed and published by Microsoft, Philips and Sony
''Scarlet Book'' (1999) {{anchor|Scarlet Book}}
Scarlet color of this book is a reference to the Red Book, which defines original CDDA.
- SACD (Super Audio){{Cite book |author= Philips Electronics N.V., and Sony Corporation |title=Super Audio CD System Description |publisher=Philips Intellectual Property and Standards |year=2002 |location=Eindhoven, The Netherlands|url=https://archive.org/details/super-audio-cd-system-description/}} – a standard jointly developed and published by Philips and Sony
''Purple Book'' (2000) {{anchor|Purple Book}}
A standard developed by Philips and Sony in the late 1990s, with over 1 GB in capacity and recordable/re-recordable capabilities.{{Cite book |last1=Peek |first1=Hans |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-1-4020-9553-5.pdf |title=Origins and Successors of the Compact Disc: Contributions of Philips to Optical Storage |last2=Bergmans |first2=Jan |last3=van Haaren |first3=Jos |last4=Toolenaar |first4=Frank |last5=Stan |first5=Sorin |publisher=Springer |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-4020-9552-8 |pages=164|doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-9553-5 }}
- DDCD (Double Density) – divided in three separate specifications:
- DD-ROM (Double Density Read-Only){{cite book |author=Royal Philips Electronics and Sony Corporation |date= 2001|title=1.3GB Read-Only Compact Disc Systems. Double Density CD Read-Only |publisher= }}
- DD-R (Double Density Recordable){{cite book |author=Royal Philips Electronics and Sony Corporation |date= 2001|title=1.3GB Recordable Compact Disc Systems. Double Density CD Recordable |publisher=}}
- DD-RW (Double Density ReWritable){{cite book |author=Royal Philips Electronics and Sony Corporation |date= 2001|title=1.3GB ReWritable Compact Disc Systems. Double Density CD ReWritable |publisher=}}
See also
- ISO 9660, a 1986 filesystem standard used in conjunction with CD-ROM formats.
- Orange-Book-Standard, a decision named after the Compact Disc standard, issued in 2009 by the German Federal Court of Justice on the interaction between patent law and standards
References
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External links
- [https://www.lscdweb.com/ordering/cd_products.html Philips CD Specifications]
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