ISO/IEC standardization of EPUB 3.0.1 and EPUB A11Y 1.0

Dear colleagues,

I am very sorry for missing the last teleconference of the PBG.
I was sick and was thus unable to stay awake.  Let me report
the current status of the ISO/IEC standardization of EPUB 3.0.1
and EPUB A11Y 1.0.

1. Decisions of the PBG meeting

In the PBG meeting on April 24 [1], we adopted the recommendation
of a task force for creating ISO/IEC specifications for EPUB 3.X
and EPUB A11Y.  The recommendation is basically
ISO/IEC standardization of EPUB 3.0.1 and EPUB Accessibility 1.0.

[1] https://w3c.github.io/publ-bg/Meetings/Minutes/2018/2018-04-24-pbg

2. EPUB 3.0.1

To publish EPUB 3.0.1 as International Standards, the PBG sent two
liaison statements.  Daniel Dardailler (W3C Director of International
Relations) does not see any problems with these liaison statements.

In the first liaison statement [2], we asked SC34/JWG7 not to publish
3.0.1 as Technical Specifications.  In the second liaison statement
[3], we asked Korea to submit 3.0.1 as DISs by the fast-track
procedure.

I heard from Yong-Sang Cho of Korea that Korean NB submitted EPUB
3.0.1 via the fast-track procedure on August 6.  Voting is expected to
start soon.

[2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-archive/2018Aug/0472.html
[3] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-archive/2018Aug/0539.html

3. EPUB A11Y 1.0

To publish EPUB Accessibility 1.0 as an International Standard, Japan
prepared a draft of a new work item proposal [4].  Japan requested
SC34/JWG7 to discuss this proposal in the upcoming SC34/JWG7 meeting
on September 12.  Japan plans to officially submit this proposal and
start a ballot after the meeting.

Daniel Dardailler confirmed that W3C has no issue with this
transposition, although he did suggest another possibility: creating a
W3C recommendation for EPUB A11Y first and then sending it to JTC1 via
the PAS procedure.  Members of the task force (mentioned above) think
that his suggestion is a very useful input for the standardization
of EPUB A11Y 1.1 (not 1.0) and beyond.

[4] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-archive/2018Aug/0537.html

Regards,
Makoto