User`s guide

Publishing on Kindle: Guidelines for Publishers

<DefaultLookupIndex>headword</DefaultLookupIndex>

...

</x-metadata>

Basic Dictionary HTML 7.3

7.3.1 Format

Dictionaries for Kindle must be in Mobi 7 format, not in KF8. For this reason, the dictionary layout should

use a single-column format. Multiple columns and sidebars are not supported in Mobi 7 format.

7.3.2 Frameset element

All dictionaries must have an <mbp:frameset> element as the first child of the <body> element. This

frameset element contains all of the <idx:entry> elements of the dictionary.

The namespace for this <mbp:frameset> element is

xmlns:mbp="http://www.kreutzfeldt.de/mmc/mbp

" and it must be declared in the root <html>

element of the XHTML document.

Example:

<html xmlns:math="http://exslt.org/math" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"

xmlns:tl="http://www.kreutzfeldt.de/tl"

xmlns:saxon="http://saxon.sf.net/" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xmlns:cx="http://www.kreutzfeldt.de/mmc/cx"

xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"

xmlns:mbp="http://www.kreutzfeldt.de/mmc/mbp"

xmlns:mmc="http://www.kreutzfeldt.de/mmc/mmc"

xmlns:idx="http://www.mobipocket.com/idx">

<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-

8"></head>

<body>

<mbp:frameset>

<idx:entry name="english" scriptable="yes" spell="yes">

<idx:short><a id="1"></a>

<idx:orth value="aardvark"><b>aard•vark</b>

<idx:infl>

<idx:iform value="aardvarks"></idx:iform>

<idx:iform value="aardvark’s"></idx:iform>

<idx:iform value="aardvarks’"></idx:iform>

</idx:infl>

</idx:orth>

<p> A nocturnal burrowing mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa that feeds

exclusively on ants and termites. </p>

</idx:short>

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