RE: Propose to close the EPUB 3 Community Group

The EPUB 3 CG existed to publish EPUB 3.2. The EPUB 3 WG then took over the work to get it on REC track and subsequently became the Publishing Maintenance Working Group.

 

The publishing CG is now the home for CG-appropriate support and development of epub and other publishing-related specs, so there’s no good reason I can think of for this CG to continue to exist. It’s just confusing to have it still kicking around.

 

Anyone in this CG who isn’t in the publishing CG should join that group: https://www.w3.org/community/publishingcg/

 

Matt

 

From: Dale Rogers <dalerrogers@gmail.com> 
Sent: March 11, 2025 1:41 PM
To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>; public-epub3@w3.org
Cc: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Propose to close the EPUB 3 Community Group

 

To all:

 

As an educator and trainer, I would like to see ongoing community efforts in the area of best practices and community support. I don’t know of a better umbrella for that than a community group.

 

We could certainly maintain a Github online users guide, or a public EPUB document(s) on best practices and troubleshooting. Technical documents tend to me dry and hard for designers and publishers to implement. Can we shift our focus to users, designers, and publishers, instead of reading systems?

 

If all of that already exists, please point me in that direction.

 

Warm Regards, 

 

Dale

 

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From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org <mailto:ij@w3.org> >
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
To: public-epub3@w3.org <mailto:public-epub3@w3.org>  <public-epub3@w3.org <mailto:public-epub3@w3.org> >
Cc: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org <mailto:ivan@w3.org> >
Subject: Propose to close the EPUB 3 Community Group

Dear EPUB3 Community Group participants,

The EPUB 3 CG was created [1] "to provide a forum for ongoing technical development of EPUB 3 and related extension specifications and ancillary deliverables.” The CG successfully carried out that work. Now that EPUB 3 standardization is happening within the recently rechartered Publishing Maintenance Working Group [2], the W3C staff recommends closing the Community Group unless there are compelling reasons to keep it open.

We would greatly appreciate hearing from you before 21 March (after which we will proceed to close the group unless we have heard compelling reasons from participants). 

Thank you!

Ian

[1] https://www.w3.org/2017/02/EPUB3CGcharter
[2] https://www.w3.org/2025/02/pmwg-charter.html
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