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• 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==