Rainbow Books
The Rainbow Books are a collection of CD format specifications, generally written and published by the companies involved in their development, including Philips, Sony, Matsushita and JVC, among others. A number of these specifications have been officially adopted by established standards bodies, including the ISO, IEC, and ECMA. == Red Book (1980) == 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.