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EPUBCheck
=========
EPUBCheck is a tool to validate the conformance of EPUB publications against the EPUB specifications.
EPUBCheck can be run as a standalone command-line tool or used as a Java library.
EPUBCheck is open source software, maintained by the [DAISY Consortium](http://www.daisy.org) on behalf of the [W3C](https://www.w3.org/publishing/epubcheck_fundraising).
**We Need Your Support!!**
Financial support is critical to the development of EPUBCheck, the tool we all use to validate EPUB files.
We need to make sure that the resources are adequate to both update the tool and provide for its continued maintenance over the next two years;
please [help us fund and support EPUBCheck](https://www.w3.org/publishing/epubcheck_fundraising), and join the [list of donators](#donators)!
## Downloads
Check the [releases page](https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck/releases) to get the latest distribution.
[EPUBCheck 4.2.6](https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck/releases/tag/v4.2.6) is the latest production-ready release, to be used to validate both EPUB 2 and 3 files. EPUB 3 publications are checked against the EPUB 3.2 family of specifications.
## Documentation
Documentation on how to **use** EPUBCheck, to **contribute** to the project or to **translate** messages is available on the [EPUBCheck wiki](https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck/wiki).
Technical discussions are held on our public [mailing list](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-epubcheck/). To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email with subject `subscribe` to [public-epubcheck-request@w3.org](mailto:public-epubcheck-request@w3.org?subject=subscribe). To participate in the discussion, simply send an email to [public-epubcheck@w3.org](mailto:public-epubcheck-request@w3.org).
Historical archives of discussions prior to October 2017 are stored at the old [EPUBCheck Google Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/epubcheck).
## Building EPUBCheck
To build epubcheck from the sources you need Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.7 or above and [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) 3.0 or above installed.
Build and run tests:
```
$ mvn clean install
```
Will copy `.*jar` files and packages to `target/` folder...
## Credits
Most of the EPUBCheck functionality comes from the schema validation tool [Jing](http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/jing.html) and schemas that were developed by [IDPF](http://www.idpf.org/) and [DAISY](http://www.daisy.org/). Initial EPUBCheck development was largely done at [Adobe Systems](http://www.adobe.com/).
Initial (pre 2012) authors and contributors to EPUBCheck include: Peter Sorotokin, Garth Conboy, Markus Gylling, Piotr Kula, Paul Norton, Jessica Hekman, Liza Daly, George Bina, Bogdan Iordache, Ionut-Maxim Margelatu
EPUBCheck 4.0 was largely developed by
* [DAISY](http://www.daisy.org/), namely: Romain Deltour, Markus Gylling
* [Barnes & Noble](https://www.barnesandnoble.com), namely: Steve Antoch, Arwen Pond
Regular contributors between 2012 and 2017 include: Romain Deltour, Tobias Fischer, Markus Gylling, Satoshi KOJIMA, Thomas Ledoux, Masayoshi Takahashi
Many thanks are also extended to the numerous people who have contributed to the evolution of EPUBCheck through bug reports and patches!
## Donators
The following organizations are supporting the development of EPUBCheck by their contribution to the [fundraising initiative](https://www.w3.org/publishing/epubcheck_fundraising):
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<a href="https://www.macmillanlearning.com"><img alt="MacMillan Learning" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/MacLearn_logo_cmyk.png" width="200" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.google.com"><img alt="Google" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/Google.png" width="400" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="http://daisy.org"><img alt="DAISY" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/daisy_high.jpg" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://pubhub.dk"><img alt="Publizon A/S" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/publizon-logo.jpg" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.wiley.com"><img alt="Wiley" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/Wiley_Wordmark_black.png" width="200" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.hachette.com"><img alt="Hachette Livre" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/Hachette%20Livre.jpg" width="300" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.learningmate.com"><img alt="LearningMate Solutions Inc" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/LearningMate%20Logo.png" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.voyager.co.jp"><img alt="Voyager Japan, Inc." src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/rectangle_VJstar_logo_512.jpg" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://qainfotech.com"><img alt="QA Info Tech" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/QA%20InfoTech%20Logo%20PNG%20Format.png" width="200" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://wwnorton.com"><img alt="W. W. Norton" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/NortonLogo_notagline.jpg" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://luminadatamatics.com"><img alt="Lumina Datamatics, Inc." src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/Datamatics_logo.jpg" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com"><img alt="Harper Collins" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/HarperCollins.png" width="200" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.vitalsource.com"><img alt="Vital Source" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/VS_Logo_HOR_Ingram_Tag(RGB).jpg" width="300" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.beck.de/"><img alt="Verlag C.H. Beck oHG" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/Beck_LogoVektor_sw.jpg" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://info.libreka.de"><img alt="Libreka" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/logo_libreka.png" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://zeilenwert.de"><img alt="Zeilenwert" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/logo_zeilenwert.jpg" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.cenveopublisherservices.com"><img alt="Cenveo Publisher Services" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/CVO%20Pub%20Serv_Logo.jpg" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
<a href="https://www.booknetcanada.ca"><img alt="BookNet Canada" src="https://www.w3.org/publishing/donators_logos/BNC_Logo_Horizontal_RGB_1000px.png" width="100" hspace="20" align="middle"/></a>
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## License
EPUBCheck is made available under the terms of the [3-Clause BSD License](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)