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) CD-DA (Digital Audio) – originally published by Philips and Sony on September 19, 1980, it was later standardized as IEC 60908:1987 and later IEC 60908:1999. 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) CD-ROM (Read-Only Memory) – originally developed by Philips and Sony, it was standardized as ISO/IEC 10149 in 1988 and ECMA-130 in 1989 CD-ROM XA (eXtended Architecture) – a 1991 extension of CD-ROM, developed by Philips and Sony
Green Book (1986) CD-i (Interactive) – standard developed and published by Philips.
Orange Book (1990) 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) CD-R (Recordable) alias CD-WO (Write Once) alias CD-WORM (Write Once, Read Many) – originally developed by Sony and Philips, it was partially standardized as ECMA-394. CD-RW (ReWritable) alias CD-E (Eraseable) – originally developed by Philips, Sony and Ricoh, it was partially standardized as ECMA-395.
Beige Book (1992) Photo CD (Photo) — proprietary standard jointly developed by Philips and Eastman Kodak; never released to the public
White Book (1993) The White Book refers to a standard of compact disc that stores pictures and video.
CD-i Bridge - 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. SVCD (Super Video, 1998) – a 1998 extension of VCD, standardized as IEC 62107 in 2000.
Blue Book (1995) 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) – a standard jointly developed and published by Microsoft, Philips and Sony
Scarlet Book (1999) Scarlet color of this book is a reference to the Red Book, which defines original CDDA.
SACD (Super Audio) – a standard jointly developed and published by Philips and Sony
Purple Book (2000) A standard developed by Philips and Sony in the late 1990s, with over 1 GB in capacity and recordable/re-recordable capabilities.
DDCD (Double Density) – divided in three separate specifications: DD-ROM (Double Density Read-Only) DD-R (Double Density Recordable) DD-RW (Double Density ReWritable)
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
External links Philips CD Specifications "The Great Books". The World of CDs and DVDs. ThinkQuest. Retrieved 2010-04-07.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
