Re: EPUB 3 Community Group teleconference: Thursday October 19 at 16:00 UTC

To clarify, that's not Readium CSS work, that's personal work done over
the course of 3+ years without any help, retro-engineering and
documenting the parts of reading systems they didn't bother documenting
in the first place (primarily with a CSS focus).  

Best,  

Jiminy 

Le 16.10.2017 21:56, Rachel Comerford a écrit :

> Jiminy - I think the Readium team is doing great work but I am hesitant to have a single reading system determine best practices. I'm sure there is plenty that we can cull from the work that they have done in order to start the conversation though and I am looking forward to digging into it in detail as we start documenting this. 
> 
> Rachel Comerford | Director of Content Standards | T 212.576.9433 
> 
> MACMILLAN LEARNING 
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Jiminy Panoz <jiminy@chapalpanoz.com> wrote:
> 
> Regrets, prior engagement. 
> 
> As regards "[4] Should the CG be involved in documenting best practices for EPUB?" though, a quick feedback: authoring docs/best practices have been a constant issue we could read between the lines of the Readium CSS Project, to be honest. And I'm not seeing anyone else doing this work. 
> 
> To sum things up, we've had requests about layouts which are already possible with CSS in EPUB 3.1, scattered knowledge of progressive enhancement techniques and the latest CSS modules/proposals, and quite significant issues related to deprecated practices (e.g. Mobi7). 
> 
> Consequently, evangelization has been a regular concern when analyzing feedback/requests. I'd be happy to put the following into public domain if you decide to document best practices, should it help: 
> 
> * https://dauwhe.github.io/reflow/ [1] (which is a translation of https://jaypanoz.github.io/reflow/ [2])
> * https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookDesignChecklist/ [3] 
> * https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookPerfChecklist/ [4] 
> * https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookTricks/ [5] 
> * related slides and materials for https://jaypanoz.github.io/ebookcraft2017/#/ [6] 
> 
> It's just impossible to manage all of this on my own anyway, and could help start some collective effort more quickly.  
> 
> Best,  
> 
> Jiminy 
> 
> Le 16.10.2017 16:10, Dave Cramer a écrit : 
> 
> Hi Everyone, 
> 
> We will have a virtual meeting of the EPUB 3 Community Group on Thursday, October 19 at 1600 UTC, which is: 
> 
> 9AM in San Francisco 
> 12 Noon in New York and Toronto 
> 5PM in London 
> 6PM in Paris and Amsterdam 
> 9:30PM in Chennai 
> 1AM Thursday in Tokyo (sorry!) 
> 
> The meeting will be one hour. 
> 
> ========== 
> DRAFT AGENDA 
> ========== 
> 
> [1] Accessibility task force update (Avneesh?) 
> 
> [2] reminder of beta testing for the ACE accessibility checker 
> 
> [3] Should some parts of EPUB for Education be merged into the main EPUB spec? (Rachel) 
> 
> [4] Should the CG be involved in documenting best practices for EPUB? (Dave) 
> 
> ============================ 
> TELECONFERENCE INFORMATION 
> ============================ 
> 
> JOIN WEBEX MEETING 
> https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=m57513dcab244d32d626741269004303b [7] 
> Meeting number (access code): 319 436 071 
> Meeting password: email dauwhe@gmail.com for the password, or ask privately in IRC.  
> 
> JOIN FROM A VIDEO SYSTEM OR APPLICATION 
> Dial sip:319436071@mit.webex.com 
> 
> JOIN BY PHONE 
> +1-617-324-0000 [8] US Toll Number 
> 
> Can't join the meeting? 
> https://help.webex.com/docs/DOC-5412 [9] 
> 
> ========================================= 
> OTHER USEFUL (AND IMPORTANT) INFORMATION 
> ========================================= 
> ------ 
> IRC 
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> 
> W3C groups use IRC (Internet Relay Chat) during meetings to take 
> minutes, manage the queue of people wishing to ask questions or make 
> comments, providing useful links, etc. 
> 
> We will use the IRC channel #epub3cg: 
> 
> channel: #epub3cg 
> server: irc.w3.org [10] 
> port: 6665 or 6667 
> 
> General information on IRC at W3C can be found at 
> https://www.w3.org/Project/IRC/ [11] 
> 
> ------------ 
> GITHUB 
> ------------- 
> 
> We have a general repository for the community group at: 
> 
> https://github.com/w3c/pub-cg 
> 
> Ivan Herman has written up a helpful guide for newcomers to GitHub at 
> 
> https://github.com/iherman/misc-notes/blob/master/docs/BasicGitHubContributionIntro.md [12] 
> 
> If you don't already have a GitHub account, you might want to set one 
> up before the call. 
> 
> Thanks very much, and please let us know if you have any questions. 
> 
> Rachel Comerford 
> Dave Cramer 
> co-chairs

 

Links:
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[1] https://dauwhe.github.io/reflow/
[2] https://jaypanoz.github.io/reflow/
[3] https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookDesignChecklist/
[4] https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookPerfChecklist/
[5] https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookTricks/
[6] https://jaypanoz.github.io/ebookcraft2017/#/
[7]
https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=m57513dcab244d32d626741269004303b
[8] tel:(617)%20324-0000
[9] https://help.webex.com/docs/DOC-5412
[10] http://irc.w3.org
[11] https://www.w3.org/Project/IRC/
[12]
https://github.com/iherman/misc-notes/blob/master/docs/BasicGitHubContributionIntro.md