Re: Minutes from EPUB.Next

Who can comment? I'm a 73 year I'll old retired unix server side programmer
with epub as my retirement hobby.  I have ideas and comments but I'm not
sure it's appropriate

On Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 1:36 PM Ruth Tait <artbyrt@gmail.com> wrote:

> I’m not sure that the standards of design for web content and consumption
> of information correspond diametrically with those of epub content design..
> The experience of consuming epub content through a reader is so different
> as to be almost outside the scope of comparison (in my humble opinion).
> What makes more sense to the dissemination and update of epub is the basic
> twinning of the content object and the reader (much as with the use of
> Libby in library ebook loans) or ibooks (if it would stick closer to epub3
> standards for production).
>
> I am speaking from my own bias but I cannot say that I like reading off of
> a computer monitor, no matter what app is delivering the content… but, I am
> very happy within a reader app on an ipad… because it is a simple and clean
> and it retains the book scope.
>
> ruth tait
> https://www.artbyrt.com
> O: 613 604 2781
>
>
>
> On Oct 28, 2021, at 2:20 PM, Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth@adobe.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry I was unable to attend the meeting – too many other standards going
> on right now.   I did, however, have a chance to review the minutes –
> thanks to Tzviya for providing them.
>
> Ignoring the incorrect information about PDF, its use as a document format
> and its ability to be made accessible (in compliance with national and
> international standards, including WCAG) – I did want to comment on the
> larger question about “Replacing PDF”
>
> Andrew and Tzviya said it very well at the end of the meeting – people who
> are moving away from PDF for publications are moving to the web (aka
> HTML).  We’ve talked to many customers in many segments around the world on
> this particular topic.  What we learned is that they are choosing to do so
> for a variety of reasons including (but not limited to):
> - They know what the web is (and the corollary, they don’t know what EPUB
> is)
> - Everyone has a web browser (and the corollary, they don’t have EPUB
> Readers)
> - They already have tools that produce HTML (and the corollary, they don’t
> have EPUB tooling or don’t know how to use it)
> - They can easily update the material and ensure that recipients are
> always looking at the right thing.
>
> So as mentioned by a number of folks – this group needs to figure out
> whether the goal is to provide a better reading/consumption experience “on
> the web” (aka in browser) **OR** to compete with PDF as a packaged format
> for “off the web” content distribution and consumption.   As others said –
> trying to do both isn’t working well for EPUB…
>
> Leonard
>
>
> *From: *Siegman, Tzviya <tsiegman@wiley.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 12:03 PM
> *To: *PBG Steering Committee (Public) <public-publishing-sc@w3.org>, W3C
> Publishing Business Group <public-publishingbg@w3.org>,
> public-publishingcg@w3.org <public-publishingcg@w3.org>,
> public-epub3@w3.org <public-epub3@w3.org>
> *Subject: *Minutes from EPUB.Next
> Hi All,
>
> Thank you for attending our community meeting on 27 October.
>
> Here are minutes https://www.w3.org/2021/10/27-epub.html
> <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2021%2F10%2F27-epub.html&data=04%7C01%7Clrosenth%40adobe.com%7C240fc1e0d03d4e5577b008d99a2c6af1%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C637710337831636934%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2A3GXAw1pvhmVUeBQ0FJu3GIPKX8BXKReeVI4BjBJpU%3D&reserved=0>
> .
>
> We plan another community-wide meeting in about 6 months.
>
> Thank you,
> Tzviya
>
> *Tzviya Siegman*
> Information Standards Principal
> Wiley
> 201-748-6884
> tsiegman@wiley.com
>
>
>