Agenda item: EPUB 3 affirmation for the publishing community

              Dear Cristina, Rick, and Paul,
 
I want to suggest a SC agenda item for our next call on May 30. Perhaps this
is best titled "EPUB 3 affirmation for the publishing community."
 
I have said in presentations that EPUB 3 is a rock solid standard that the
publishing community can use with confidence. While EPUB 3.1 is not a formal
recommendation by the W3C, it is a standard under the W3C. I would love to
see the PBG make a public statement encouraging the use of EPUB 3.x by the
publishing community. Of course, we will be hard at work on formal rec track
publishing standards, but we have a terrific standard to use now and in to
the near future. I believe an affirmation like this would help to move the
publishing industry both within the W3C and externally forward. We want to
see those that are currently using EPUB to continue and those that are
considering adoption to embrace EPUB 3 with confidence.
 
Best
George
 
George Kerscher Ph.D.
-In our Information Age, access to information is a fundamental human right.
Chief Innovations Officer, DAISY Consortium
http://www.daisy.org
Senior Advisor, Global Literacy, Benetech
http://www.benetech.org
President, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) 
http://www.idpf.org
Member of the National Museum and Library Services  Board (IMLS)
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Chair Steering Council Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a division of the
W3C 
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Phone: +1 406/549-4687
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Email: kerscher@montana.com