Re: FW: [NISO sc34ballots] Groups - Ballot reminder: "ISO/IEC/DTS 23078, Specification of DRM technology for e-book content"

Hey George,

re: ISO/IEC/DTS 23078, Specification of DRM technology for e-book content

Apologies, but I'm unfamiliar with the ISO voting process so I'm not sure
what this is raised as a proposal for? Is it to start a working group
around creating a standard or is it for this as a standard itself?

There's an issue, at least in my part of the business, that I see in the
basic proposal. They wrote:
"However, it will create inconvenience to publishers since they have to
manage multiple versions of
protected e-book contents to deliver them to different libraries. It will
also cause inconvenience to end users since they also have to install
multiple reading systems for their use."

As a publisher, I don't apply DRM to my own books - we rely on the reading
systems to apply it. This standard would (if I'm reading it properly)
require application from publishers as well as reading systems and I'm
unclear as to its impact on accessibility since DRM'd EPUBs and AT have
traditionally not played well together.

I think I could probably review this whole this this weekend but I'm not
sure of the context of the what the vote actually goes to.

re: PDTS ISO/IEC 22424-1 EPUB Preservation - Part 1 and Part 2

Archiving! Something we discuss frequently but haven't successfully moved
forward on from what I recall. I'm fairly uninformed when it comes to
archiving needs and methods but I'm sure Tzviya (when she's back from
vacation) will have something to say or someone to point to on that topic.

R

Rachel Comerford | Senior Director of Content Standards and Accessibility |
T 212.576.9433

*Macmillan Learning*

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 1:49 PM, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>
wrote:

> Hi again,
>
>
>
> Supporting documents attached.
>
>
>
> I have to vote early in the week. I asked Todd Carpenter if Bill Rosenblat
> could be working on this, but have not heard back.
>
>
>
> Thoughts on how I should vote?
>
>
>
> Best
>
> George
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* workgroup_mailer@list.niso.org <workgroup_mailer@list.niso.org> *On
> Behalf Of *admin@list.niso.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2018 6:30 AM
> *To:* kerscher@montana.com
> *Subject:* [NISO sc34ballots] Groups - Ballot reminder: "ISO/IEC/DTS
> 23078, Specification of DRM technology for e-book content"
>
>
>
> *Reminder: Please cast your vote on the ballot "ISO/IEC/DTS 23078,
> Specification of DRM technology for e-book content" in the "SC34 Ballot
> Advisory Group" group.*
> *This is your last reminder to vote.*
>
> *Ballot Title*: ISO/IEC/DTS 23078, Specification of DRM technology for
> e-book content
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/ballot.php?id=878>
> ------------------------------
>
>
> *Question*
> Do you approve, disapprove or abstain on this NWIP for ISO/IEC/DTS 23078
> DRM technology for e-book?
>
> *Closing Date*: Tuesday, 21 August 2018 @ 11:59 pm EDT
>
> *Description*
> The proposed standard provides a specification of the security technology
> required to deliver EPUB content for the purpose of submission, storing and
> dissemination in libraries and other organizations. This proposed standard
> addresses specific technical specifications for encryption, digital
> signatures, certificates, and licenses of EPUB contents, as well as usage
> scenarios for secure delivery of EPUB contents. The proposed standard uses
> internationally proven security technologies and consists of royalty-free
> technologies.
>
>
>
> If the US votes to approve this as a new project, we are expected to name
> AT LEAST ONE EXPERT who will work on this standard's development. If you
> would like to nominate someone, please include the name and contact
> information in your comments, we are now also required to provide
> particular information when adding Experts to working groups: The Expert’s
> full name and e-mail address, a salutation (Dr., Ms., etc.) as well as one
> of the following Stakeholder Categories:
>
>
>
> Industry and Commerce
>
> Government
>
> Consumers
>
> Labour
>
> Academic and Research Bodies
>
> Standards Application
>
> Non-governmental Organization (NGO)
>
>
>
> Please obtain that person's agreement in advance to work on this project.
>
>
>
> We are also required to provide a justification statement for why we think
> this is or is not a worthwhile/useful project (depending on whether we vote
> yes or no). Please provide such a statement in the comments for your
> Affirmative or Negative vote. Consider whether you think this standard will
> be used in the U.S.
>
>
>
> In addition to providing justification statement and volunteer to work on
> the project, there are two questions to address:
>
>
>
> Question 1
>
> Do you approve this project being added to the program, disapprove adding
> this project or abstain on this NP?
>
>
>
> Question 2
>
> Please select from one of the following options (note if no option is
> selected, the default will be the first option):
>
>
>
> Draft document will be registered as new project in the committee program
> (stage 20.00)
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Working Draft (WD - Stage 20.20)
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Committee Draft (CD - Stage 30.00)
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Draft International Standard (DIS -
> Stage 40.00)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Your voting options for Question 1 are:
>
>
>
> Approve - Comments optional
>
> Disapprove - Comments required
>
> Abstain due to lack of consensus - Comments optional
>
> Abstain due to lack of national expert input - Comments optional
>
>
>
> Your voting options for Question 2 are:
>
>
>
> Draft document will be registered as new project in the committee program
> (stage 20.00) - Comments optional
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Working Draft (WD - Stage 20.20) -
> Comments optional
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Committee Draft (CD - Stage 30.00) -
> Comments optional
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Draft International Standard (DIS -
> Stage 40.00) - Comments optional
>
> Abstain from voting - Comments optional
>
>
>
>
>
> IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE
>
> Permission is granted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
> to electronically reproduce this working draft International Standard for
> purpose of review and comment related to the preparation of the U.S.
> position, provided this notice is included. All other right are reserved.
>
> *Vote
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/ballot.php?id=878>*
>
>    - *Approve*
>    - *Disapprove*
>    - *Abstain due to lack of consensus*
>    - *Abstain due to lack of national expert input*
>    - *Draft document will be registered as new project in committee
>    program (stage 20.00)*
>    - *Draft document can be registered as a Working Draft (WD - Stage
>    20.20)*
>    - *Draft document can be registered as a Committee Draft (CD - Stage
>    30.00)*
>    - *Draft document can be registered as a Draft International Standard
>    (DIS - Stage 40.00)*
>    - *Abstain from voting*
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *Group*: SC34 Ballot Advisory Group
> *Date Opened*: Wednesday, 6 June 2018 @ 6:00 am EDT
> ------------------------------
>
> *Referenced Items*
>
> [image: Image removed by sender.]
>
> ISO-IECJTC1-SC34_N2506_NP_TS23078.2.pdf (295K)
>
> 2018-06-06
>
> Download
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/download.php/19252>
> | View Details
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/document.php?document_id=19252>
>
> [image: Image removed by sender.]
>
> DRM Specification for EPUB Content - Overview-02.docx (225K)
>
> 2018-06-06
>
> Download
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/download.php/19253>
> | View Details
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/document.php?document_id=19253>
>
>
>