The main thing that distinguishes the e-book market from other digital markets is that the dominant supplier of readers, Amazon, is using a proprietary format for the content.
Its latest product sheet says again that the iPad uses a "proprietary Apple format for iBooks store" while, they claim, the WePad is better for supporting "all open formats, additionally premium formats".
Similarly, the PSP uses a proprietary disc format, called UMD, to store movies.
Sony 's Connect music store uses a proprietary music format known as ATRACS.
But because each system uses a proprietary image format, researchers are generally restricted in what they can do with the images, especially if they have scanners from multiple vendors.
Study Design: An oral and maxillofacial radiology IMACS that uses a proprietary image format was implemented in March 1997 in a general hospital dental clinic that supports more than 100 cubicles.
BiologicalNetworks uses a proprietary file format (BNX) that stores information pertaining to the model and the corresponding simulation environment.
Note that Amazon's e-book store uses a proprietary file format called "azw".
If you use a type of digital camera that uses a proprietary picture format, such as RAW or NEF, you will need the add-ins file for IrfanView.
Countrywide now uses a proprietary system.
