Re: WG Action: Formed Font Top Level Media Type (justfont)

Thanks Heather. It is good to know about this!

If that gets accepted, I would think that the corresponding media type should be also added to the core media types of EPUB 3.1, too. But that becomes an issue of timing; I do not know how quickly this will go through IETF.

Ivan

> On 18 Dec 2015, at 22:27, Heather Flanagan (RFC Series Editor) <rse@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> This might be of interest to some...
> 
> -Heather
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: WG Action: Formed Font Top Level Media Type (justfont)
> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:55:32 -0800
> From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
> Reply-To: ietf@ietf.org
> To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
> CC: justfont-chairs@ietf.org, justfont@ietf.org, The IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
> 
> A new IETF working group has been formed in the Applications and
> Real-Time Area. For additional information please contact the Area
> Directors or the WG Chairs.
> 
> Font Top Level Media Type (justfont)
> ------------------------------------------------
> Current Status: Proposed WG
> 
> Chairs:
>  mnot <mnot@mnot.net>
>  Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org>
> 
> Assigned Area Director:
>  Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org>
> 
> Mailing list
>  Address: justfont@ietf.org
>  To Subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/justfont
>  Archive: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/justfont/
> 
> Charter:
> 
> This Working Group is chartered to define the "font" top-level media
> type, as per RFC6838 Section 4.2.7.
> 
> The following activities are in-scope:
> - Defining criteria for "font" registrations
> - Defining common parameters (or ways to accommodate them) between
>  "font" registrations
> - Making initial registrations in "font"
> 
> The working group will use draft-lilley-font-toplevel as a starting
> point.
> 
> It is expected that the group will have a liaison relationship with and
> see participation from members of the W3C WebFonts Working Group.
> 
> Milestones:
>  Apr 2016 - Submit "font" media type definition to the IESG
> 
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> 


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