Readium 2 Meida Overlays Syntax

Media Overlay Syntax

This document introduces a new JSON based syntax for media overlays based on a simplified model.

Model

The new syntax is based around a single JSON object called a media overlay node.

A node has the following elements:

Name	Description
`role`	Array of roles relevant for the current node.
`textref`	URI to a fragment id in an HTML/XHTML resource.
`audioref`	URI to a media fragment in an audio resource.
`children`	Array of media overlay nodes.

Sequence

A sequence node MUST contain a children element.

It MAY also contain both a textref and one or more roles, but MUST NOT contain an audioref element.

When converting between EPUB 3.x media overlays and this new syntax, a body element can be treated exactly like a sequence.

{
  "textref": "chapter1.html#sec1",
  "role": ["section"],
  "children": []
}

Parallel

A parallel node MUST contain both a textref and an audioref element.

It MUST NOT contain any role or children.

{
  "textref": "chapter1.html#par1",
  "audioref": "chapter1.mp3#t=0,20"
}

Media Overlay Document

A media overlay document is meant to provide one or more media overlay nodes for a publication or a given resource in a publication.

It contains a single media-overlay element at the top of the document that contains an array of media overlay nodes:

{
  "media-overlay": [
    {
      "textref": "chapter1.html",
      "role": ["chapter"],
      "children": [
        {"textref": "chapter1.html#par1", "audioref": "chapter1.mp3#t=0,20"}
        {"textref": "chapter1.html#par2", "audioref": "chapter1.mp3#t=20,28"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}