W3C Interest Group on Digital Publishing (Draft Charter)

Dear Ivan Herman

Thanks for the follow-up on the ebook seminar.

I believe 3 important aspects has to be included:

a) streaming
There will without doubt be business models around bsaed on streaming,
either fully or partly. Partly, if you have a content that includes media
overlays, you might want to offer streaming of the sound; Fully if you are
Google or Spotify or Kindle etc.

b) e-publishing is content in a context
There exists at least 3 types of context:
i) content contextual
ii) author/publisher/distribution
iii) social context: relatives/friends, other readers, etc.

c) creativity
When content are packed/distributed in electronic form the straitjacket of
paper will disappear - and new art forms will appear on stage. Do we make
standards that take that into account or do we carry on simulating the old
ways of doing content?

I would like to participate, but have limited time. As I have worked with
and within the publishing industry since 1988 about electronic publishing
(was member of IEPRC, eg.) I believe I can bring editorial aspects to the
table as well.

Best regards
Jens