RE: EPUB Annotations TF: meeting on Thursday, 18 December

> PS: Do you also see this spec in dark mode by default? I don't know what
is causing that...

 

I find it's really flaky on windows. I always get dark mode even after
setting all the preferences I could find in the browser to use and default
to light mode. Even with all the OS settings to light mode it still defaults
to dark but shows it thinks it's in light mode if you expand the control.

 

I have to comment out the link tag that triggers the option as I can't read
dark mode content and I tired of flipping it every time I refresh.

 

Matt

 

From: Laurent Le Meur <laurent.lemeur@edrlab.org> 
Sent: December 17, 2025 3:58 AM
To: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
Cc: W3C PM Working Group <public-pm-wg@w3.org>
Subject: Re: EPUB Annotations TF: meeting on Thursday, 18 December

 

Dear all, 

 

We'll have an EPUB Annotation TF tomorrow, 18/12, after the PMWG meeting. 

 

For those who haven't read the specification lately, Ivan has made excellent
editorial changes. 

See https://w3c.github.io/epub-specs/epub34/annotations/

 

PS: Do you also see this spec in dark mode by default? I don't know what is
causing that...

 

I have also received feedback from the Readwise team about the current
specification. 

 

"I've reviewed the draft, and overall it looks good to me. It seems quite
complete and I see no reason we couldn't export highlights in this format
when users export their epubs, or vice versa, import annotations in this
format when an epub is imported. In fact, the latter would be quite useful
to us if users are migrating over from other reading apps."

 

The team still signals a difference between their model and the current
draft: Readwise supports multiple "tags", where we support a unique
"keyword". At EDRLab, we implemented a unique tag for simplicity, but I'll
open an issue on this today. 

 

Best regards

Laurent Le Meur

EDRLab