Hello-2.0.epub - Navigation File: navigation.xml

Q

How to create a navigation file like navigation.xml for an EPUB 2.0.1 book?

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A

At least one navigation file, like navigation.xml, is required for an EPUB 2.0.1 book in the book ZIP container. It provides navigation information like a table of contents of the book.

Here is the requirement on a navigation file:

1. A navigation file should be named with .xml file extension.

2. A navigation file must be an XML file and meet the "Navigation Center eXtended (NCX)" specifications.

3. A navigation file must specify a "dtd:uid" meta element in the "head" element. Its content attribute must have the value of the unique-identifier specified in the package file, for example: content="fyicenter.com.epub.hello".

4. A navigation file must provide a title with the "docTitle" element.

5. A navigation file must provide the "navMap" element with a list of "navPoint" sub-elements.

You can create a navigation file with any text editor. Here is an example called navigation.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- navigation.xml
  Copyright (c) 2018 FYIcenter.com 
-->
<ncx xmlns="http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/ncx/" version="2005-1">
    <head>
        <meta content="fyicenter.com.epub.hello" name="dtb:uid"/>
    </head>    
    <docTitle>
        <text>Hello</text>
    </docTitle>
    <navMap>
        <navPoint id="link1">
            <navLabel>
                <text>Hello</text>
            </navLabel>
            <content src="/content.xhtml"/>
        </navPoint>
    </navMap>
</ncx>

Download Hello-2.0.epub, and unzip it. You see an example of "navigation.xml" in the root directory.

 

Hello-2.0.epub - Content File: content.xhtml

Hello-2.0.epub - Package File: package.opf

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