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

Thanks Jiminy! That clarification definitely helps. I am really excited to
integrate this into a larger scale best practices artifact and grateful
that you're willing to include it.

Rachel Comerford | Director of Content Standards | T 212.576.9433

*Macmillan Learning*

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Jiminy Panoz <jiminy@chapalpanoz.com>
wrote:

> 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
> <(212)%20576-9433>
>
> *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/ (which is a translation of
>>    https://jaypanoz.github.io/reflow/
>>    <https://jaypanoz.github.io/reflow/>)
>>    - https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookDesignChecklist/
>>    - https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookPerfChecklist/
>>    - https://friendsofepub.github.io/eBookTricks/
>>    - related slides and materials for https://jaypanoz.github.io
>>    /ebookcraft2017/#/
>>
>> 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
>> ============================
>>
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>>
>>
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>> =========================================
>> OTHER USEFUL (AND IMPORTANT) INFORMATION
>> =========================================
>> ------
>> IRC
>> ------
>>
>> 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
>> port: 6665 or 6667
>>
>> General information on IRC at W3C can be found at
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>>
>> ------------
>> 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/Basic
>> GitHubContributionIntro.md
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Received on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 13:58:56 UTC