Re: Update on the Virtual Locators and Fixed Layout Accessibility Taskforces

+1 this makes sense to me as well.

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 9:17 AM Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:

> I agree this is the right move. +1 for me.
> On 19 Apr 2023 at 18:02 +0200, Avneesh Singh <avneesh.sg@gmail.com>,
> wrote:
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> +1, moving both of these work items to CG is the right approach.
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> With regards
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> Avneesh
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> *From:* Reid, Wendy <wendy.reid@rakuten.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 19, 2023 21:28
> *To:* public-epub-wg@w3.org
> *Subject:* Update on the Virtual Locators and Fixed Layout Accessibility
> Taskforces
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> Hi all,
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> Thanks to everyone for their patience as we worked through the publication
> process.
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> As discussed in the meeting with the Fixed Layout Accessibility Taskforce
> this week, as the EPUB WG work wraps up and we transition to the new
> maintenance working group, it’s been suggested we move the taskforce work
> to the Publishing Community Group.
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> The Community Group has been around for a while, with a focus on
> incubating and developing ideas that could potentially become standards.
> The work happening in the FXL Accessibility and Virtual Locators taskforces
> fit this description far better and as the work continues, moving both
> groups to the CG also has some additional benefits, including the ability
> for us to open the work to non-W3C members. CGs are public and open to
> everyone.
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> Both groups are doing really valuable work for the industry, but we need
> more input and incubation before anything could potentially be a standard.
> Moving to the CG will make this work a lot easier.
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> For those of you who are not yet members of the CG, you can join here:
> https://www.w3.org/community/publishingcg/.
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> There will be some transition as I move meetings and things over, and work
> with the CG chairs to figure out how we fit the work in, so stay tuned!
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> Cheers,
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> Wendy
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