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RB at a glance
RB
Legacy ebook formats like RB reflect a time when hardware vendors and reading platforms were all experimenting with their own content containers.
NCX at a glance
NCX
NCX was defined in the 2005 DAISY and ANSI-NISO talking-book standard, then carried forward into EPUB 2 and later treated as a legacy compatibility feature once EPUB 3 introduced XHTML navigation documents.
Format comparison
| Feature | RB | NCX |
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| File type | Ebook | Other |
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| Created year | 1998 | 2005 |
| Inventor | NuvoMedia | DAISY Consortium |
| Status | active | active |
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| Reflowable text | Supported | Supported |
| Structured data | Not supported | Supported |
When to use each format
When to use RB
- Your source file is already in RB.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to NCX.
- RB is commonly used in ebook workflows.
When to use NCX
- Your target workflow expects NCX.
- Improve delivery compatibility with NCX.
- NCX is commonly used in other workflows.
FAQs
Why convert RB to NCX?
Convert to NCX when an ebook workflow needs a legacy-compatible navigation map for EPUB 2 readers or for EPUB 3 packages that must still support older reading systems.
It is useful in production pipelines where table-of-contents structure needs to survive across mixed generations of ebook software.
What changes when converting RB to NCX?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to NCX adds structured data.
What should I review after converting RB to NCX?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.