Re: Revise group description?

I know that most of the activity in this group has been around XSL-FO, but I think we might get more interest if we just say:

“For people interested in page layout technologies…” rather than explicitly saying XSL-FO.

I have a hunch that this may be chasing any but the most hardcore XSL-FO enthusiasts away. We already know that there are a lot of people experimenting with CSS for print, for example. Also while most people think of eBooks as being reflowable, there’s a huge demand for fixed layout pages in eBooks in trade and educational titles. We should try to get some of these people interested in the group.

Just my $.02.

-Jean K.

From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com<mailto:dave.pawson@gmail.com>>
Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 1:14 PM
To: Tony Graham <tgraham@mentea.net<mailto:tgraham@mentea.net>>
Cc: xsl-fo Community Group <public-ppl@w3.org<mailto:public-ppl@w3.org>>
Subject: Re: Revise group description?
Resent-From: <public-ppl@w3.org<mailto:public-ppl@w3.org>>
Resent-Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 1:14 PM

"For people interested in XSL-FO and related page layout technologies, the
Print & Page Layout Community Group is the "virtual water cooler" where
they can hang out and discuss aspects of the current draft, of test cases,
of implementations, or of requirements in advance of their solution in any
draft. The success of the XSL-FO meetup at XML Prague 2012 shows there's a
strong undercurrent of interest in XSL-FO and its implementation, and the
Print and Page Layout Community Group is intended as a place where we can
start to build a larger community of XSL-FO users and help to raise the
visibility of this important technology."

An alternative:
the Print & Page Layout Community Group is  here to discuss XSL-FO,
requirements or other aspects of XML in print.

The success of the XSL-FO as a technology shows there's a
strong interest in development and  implementation. The
Print and Page Layout Community Group is intended as a place to
build a  community of XSL-FO users and  raise the
visibility of this  technology


HTH

On 17 December 2013 12:39, Tony Graham <tgraham@mentea.net<mailto:tgraham@mentea.net>> wrote:
The description at the top of http://www.w3.org/community/ppl/ is looking
a bit dated:

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For people interested in XSL-FO and related page layout technologies, the
Print & Page Layout Community Group is the "virtual water cooler" where
they can hang out and discuss aspects of the current draft, of test cases,
of implementations, or of requirements in advance of their solution in any
draft. The success of the XSL-FO meetup at XML Prague 2012 shows there's a
strong undercurrent of interest in XSL-FO and its implementation, and the
Print and Page Layout Community Group is intended as a place where we can
start to build a larger community of XSL-FO users and help to raise the
visibility of this important technology.
----

Whether or not you think XSL-FO is looking a bit dated, the references to
'current draft' and 'XML Prague 2012' definitely are.

What should go in a revised description?

Regards,


Tony.





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