<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" unique-identifier="bookid" version="3.0">
<metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<dc:title>The Great Adventure</dc:title>
<dc:creator>John Smith</dc:creator>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:identifier id="bookid">urn:uuid:12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678</dc:identifier>
<!-- Additional metadata goes here -->
</metadata>
<manifest>
<item id="html" href="content.html" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item id="css" href="stylesheet.css" media-type="text/css" />
<item id="toc" href="toc.ncx" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml" />
<!-- Add any additional items, such as images or fonts, with their respective media types and file paths -->
</manifest>
<spine toc="toc">
<itemref idref="html" />
<!-- Add any additional itemref elements to specify the reading order of the content -->
</spine>
</package> |
Okay so lets break down what we actually need to fill out:
unique-identifier | ||
dc:title | ||
dc:creator | ||
dc:language | ||
dc:identifier (same as unique-identifier) | ||
example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ncx PUBLIC "-//NISO//DTD ncx 2005-1//EN"
"http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/ncx-2005-1.dtd">
<ncx xmlns="http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/ncx/" version="2005-1">
<head>
<meta name="dtb:uid" content="urn:uuid:12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678" />
<meta name="dtb:depth" content="1" />
<meta name="dtb:totalPageCount" content="0" />
<meta name="dtb:maxPageNumber" content="0" />
</head>
<docTitle>
<text>The Great Adventure</text>
</docTitle>
<navMap>
<navPoint id="navPoint-1" playOrder="1">
<navLabel>
<text>Chapter 1</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="chapter1.html" />
</navPoint>
<navPoint id="navPoint-2" playOrder="2">
<navLabel>
<text>Chapter 2</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="chapter2.html" />
</navPoint>
<!-- Additional navPoint elements for more chapters or sections -->
</navMap>
</ncx> |
A developer’s journey
Turns out that the meta tags are not the primary place for metadata, but the content.opf is. As for keywords they are entered separately during the publishing process.
name | content |
author | |
description | |
keywords |
KDP Help page here
Kindle Previewer here